Double Shot of Science

1. Science fiction to become science fact? To this, I can only say one thing: Sweet!

2. They might have found a lot of water on the moon. Which is good news for space colonization, should we actually get off the surface of the planet and go somewhere anytime soon.

Bonus Shot: I know a lot of people who wonder about the general usefulness of space exploration, given the amount of poverty and crap we have going here on Earth-- the old argument being 'if we can put a man on the moon, why can't we find everyone on Earth?' To me, however- it's a no-brainer. Humanity is bound to screw up something, sometime and the survival of the species is contingent upon us establishing our presence elsewhere in the solar system. If we want to survive 2012/Armageddon/Space Disaster/Nuclear War we need to get out there.

The Aftertaste: Russia wants the shuttle to keep flying. Eeek. No, Russia, no! Bad idea- we here in the United States are not as gifted as you at keeping tin cans operational for use in space. You kept the Mir up there way past its sell by date and while we spent million developing a pen to write in zero g, y'all just used a pencil. From the point of view of technical records, I'd say: bad idea.