[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cZLfK4Zjk]YouTube - James May from Top Gear rides in a U-2 spy plane[/ame]
I hope that, before the end of my life, we advance in technology enough so that any civilian can experience this. My chances of becoming an astronaut are pretty much non-existant, but there is almost nothing I would love to do more than travel to outerspace.
I love seeing the true awestruck expression. No acting, that man's life changed that day. Looked like an amazing experience. Just imagine how insignificant your problems must seem all the way up there. A real natural high.