Our invisible celebreties

After a weekly meeting, I came down to the lobby of the building I was at, to grab some lunch.  I am waiting in line, and right behind me is a tall middle aged man.  I thought about how humbly and invisibly he is going about his day.  With a back pack on his shoulder, getting lunch, just like me and so many others who work here.  I thought about if he was a famous singer or actor, how the general public and media would not let him walk a block freely unnoticed, and how he was walking around unnoticed.

I paid for my lunch, and was walking away from cafeteria towards the door;  He was still walking behind me.  I could not let him get away unnoticed.  I kept looking at him with a smile;  He smiled back "How are you doing?", he asked kindly.  "Good!  It is nice to see an astronaut in cafeteria.  Not everyone can say that", I said happily.  "Right here, every day!", he confirmed joyfully.

Dr. Piers Sellers is now back to science full time.  Only if society recognized and appreciated science rock stars!  On a second thought, maybe they are beginning too!