Up, up and away

Myth is the public dream, and dream is the private myth. - Joseph Campbell
Up, up and away -

There is something very enticing about the space program at NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency. I will never be an astronaut, but I get vicarious enjoyment from their dangerous and exhilarating adventures.
There is something very enticing about building an artificial world that orbits the earth. That world is already in existence; it is called the International Space Station. I will never live there, but I imagine what it would be like to be floating around the globe doing science.
There is something very enticing about taking a ride on a bomb that is exploding you into the stratosphere. The space vehicle might have the name Endeavour, Atlantis or Discovery. Astronauts are going on another mission on October 23. I will, from the confort of my armchair, again be "going along for the ride" with them in Discovery as they bring Harmony to the ISS.
Read my other posts about NASA:

• August 19, 2007 - Eye Candy for Endeavor


• June 17, 2007 - Spacey Women


• January 26, 2007 - Mars Remote


• December 17, 2006 - Science meets song


• December 10, 2006 - Sweet dreams in space


• September 29, 2006 - Found from space-those with big dreams


• March 16, 2006 - Space exploration


• February 23, 2006 - Outer Space


• January 17, 2006 - Capturing Stardust


• January 11, 2006 - See Space and Savor the Images.

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Cross-posted at Southwest Blogger