So amidst all this economic chaos, the other day I found myself launching into the middle of a rant because they were announcing a shuttle flight taking off for the space station: "I'm all for space exploration, believe me, but how can we afford to do that this year, and why can't we focus on Earth this year and get things working and then go back to space?"
Then I read a press release this morning.
Then I read a press release this morning.
Okay, that's why we do it. Carry on.
This morning President Obama was joined by Congressional leaders and middle school students from the Washington, DC area in the Roosevelt Room to congratulate the astronauts on the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery on their successful ongoing mission.
- Current Mood:
hopeful
Comments
Cousteau was the man.
Some people believe that Jurrassic period predators still roam the deepest parts of the ocean in the Challenger Deep. I dunno; anything's possible, I guess.
MEG. Bwahahahaaa! (remember that? ^__^)
The exploration of space has fired the human imagination for a long time. Me, I'd love to meet an alien species, as long as it was peaceful. Maybe the aliens with the probes do that because of the alien autopsies at Roswell. It's as good an explaination as any other. lol