“When you launch in a rocket, you’re not really flying that rocket. You’re just sort of hanging on.”
Michael P. Anderson
Song: In The Meantime by Spacehog
Article: US pushes for better tap water but must win over wary public by Michael Phillis
Thought: Every morning I can see Venus outside my window before sunrise; it is so bright and clear you really can’t miss it. It’s a reminder to look up and out further but also something completely dependable. The same planets orbit the sun. The same views I get have been seen by humans for thousands of years. And it’s all predictable – we know where the planets will be 10, 100, and 10,000 years from now. Unless something very large acts on them, they keep orbiting the same way. The best part of the human experience is that I don’t know where I will be 10, 100 and 10,000 days from now other than it won’t be where I expect or am expected. I’m not a planet with an orbit. I’m a rocket with course correction.