Feed your Fascination with Space

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There is something about Space that fascinates people and inspires passion.  Neil Armstrong lived for flight and his passion took him all the way to the moon.  It all started when he was 2 years old and his father took him to an air show.  The sight of the airplanes flying overhead filled him with excitement and fascination.  As he grew so did his passion.  He built model airplanes in elementary school.  In high school, he took flying lessons and got his pilot license at age 15.  By the time he was 20 years old, he was flying jets off of aircraft carriers.  After years of studies, he choose to become a test pilot to continue flying the most advanced airplanes available.     That job led to his participation in the Apollo Project and his trip to the moon.  When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon surface he ignited the fascination of millions of people around the world, a fascination that continues today. 

Feed your fascination by watching NASA astronauts perform experiments live from the space station.  You can watch them live on YouTube.  Here is the link.

Language Link

According to dictionary.com, to fascinate means the power to attract by raising curiosity or interest and fascination is a powerful attraction, interest or curiosity with someone or something.  Other words that mean the same thing as fascination are allure, attraction or appeal.  If someone is extremely fascinated with something or someone we can say they are obsessed or they have an obsession.  

Informally, when people are fascinated with something they say they have "a thing for" it.  For example, your friend asks you, "Are you reading another book about Neil Armstrong?"  You can say, "Yes, I have a thing for space travel.  I can't read enough about it."    

Thanks for listening.  This has been Cassie Brenn for fastfoodenglish.blogspot.com.