I’ve been listening to a live feed of the Atlantis mission mixed with music. Understandably it is called Misson Control and is on SomaFM.  Atlantis is carrying stuff (I’ve always wondered if some wit takes those foil-wrapped Twinkies) up to the International Space Station.  Nasa is maintaining a stream of information for those interested.

I remember sitting as a child with my grandparents as the televised pictures of the moon walk became public symbols of human awe at ourselves. All this still effects me like that day did. So many horrors to our credit, and yes, even here, the money and incredible ingenuity could have worked wonders for those still dying of things like ferocious stupidity, but still…

what we can do

and where it takes us

so much further out

into all that is non-human

one day we may escape

our inclinations