Space, the final frontier ...

I love everything that has to do with the Space Shuttle. Last night, Endeavour blasted off for the International Space Station. The nighttime launch was quite a sight.

I think it's too bad they're going to retire the Shuttle program in 2010. I know it would probably be costly, but it seems to me we should have a way to fly back and forth to the ISS until the new orbiter is ready to fly in 2015.

Not a sermon, just a thought.

Space Shuttle Atlantis flight postponed

And why do I care? First, I love everything about the space program. Second, I would fly on that thing in a heartbeat. Third, I was hoping we'd get to see it blast off from the Celebrity Millenium from somewhere in the Eastern Caribbean at 6:30 a.m. on March 15.

But because of hail damage to the external tank from a freak thunderstorm yesterday, they're going to wheel Atlantis back to the assembly building for repairs, which means no liftoff until late April at the earliest.

You don't suppose I could plan another cruise, do you?

Atlantis photo courtesy of NASA