Monday, March 17, 2008

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Opening Meditations


What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered onearth, so vast and deep that I began to hear my own body; my hearat beating, my blood vessels pulsing, even the rustle of my muscles moving over each other seemed audible. There were more stars in the sky than I had expected. The sky was deep black, yet at the same time bright with sunlight. The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly aloen, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely round. I believe I never knew whatthe word "round" meant until I saw Earth from space.


Russian Astronaut Aleksie Leonov (quoted i

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