Tang, sweet Tang

Let’s toast the space shuttle Discovery astronauts with a
tall glass of delicious orange-flavored Tang.
Do you remember Tang?
I was a big Tang
man as a boy and even dreamed of becoming an astronaut before
I decided to be a pro baseball player.

Now they’re saying it won’t be long before the dream of space
tourism becomes a reality. Some experts believe America
can achieve the goal of putting a camera-toting, flipflop-wearing,
sun-burnt family of four on the moon by the end of this decade.

It’ll be great. You’ll just call your travel agent … "Yeah,
I need two round-up tickets to Mars on the 17th. Any window
seats available?"

And the best part: Just think of the bonus miles you can
rack up when your destination is 64 million miles away.

The first space tourist — a South African millionaire named
Mark Shuttleworth — took a little joy ride with the Soviets
back in 2002. Here’s the piece I filed making fun of his $20
million, 10-day, 10-night vacation to the International Space
Station.