Something about the Space Shuttle always amazes me. Its a craft that humans have built. That goes into space. Orbits our planet. And we made it. Dirty, hairless apes that go crazy over Wal-mart ketchup and celebrity news. We can do amazing things when we actually try.
This puts it into even more perspective I think. This is an image taken of the sun. Look closely to see what got in the shot as it was docking with the ISS.
Check out the leftmost viewpanel.
From the very big to the very small. Particle collisions producing streaks and spirals, which in turn indicate new types of particles.
I love quotes, heres one to end on.
“It is the most poetic thing I know about the universe. The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded, and the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics, you are all star dust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements the carbon, nitrogen, the oxygen, the iron; all the things that matter for evolution weren’t created at the begining of time, they were created at the nuclear furnaces of stars and the only way they could get into your body if the stars were kind enough to explode."
Lawrence Krauss
