I agree. If anything, astronomy teaches us about perspective.

Back to the original post...and with a hopefully successful "refurbishment" mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, we will have some fresh "eyes" as well! I couldn't be more excited about these missions, but especially the Hubble repair mission (probably the last Shuttle mission not for station assembly/repair).

Multiple "devices" on/around Mars, the Space Station coming together, GLAST, LHC, Cassini...what exciting times for astronomy! NASA and all of its partners have a lot to be proud of.

Of course the elephant in the room is the retirement of the Shuttle and the transition to the new systems.

Anyway, just enjoying the Progress for now!
Best Regards, Vince