Wow

The EVAs have been great fun to watch. Dextre is working fine, thank you very much. This picture is amazing. It may be hard to appreciate it, but looking at those solar arrays, knowing hard far away that is... This station is getting huge. I saw a video during the last shuttle mission that was instructive. One of the astronauts was floating through the station with a video camera. It was a tour. Not a talking, showing everything tour, but just a float through of all the inside space of the ISS. It gave a much better perspective of just how much room they have inside now. It was impressive and amazing to me, since I didn't really have a good concept of the inside. With the fixed camera views inside the ISS, it's very difficult to appreciate what it's like inside. I hope that NASA posts that video on their web site. There are some great videos there, some of them are HD. It's worth a look.

Yes, I do get all excited and carried away and talk a lot about the shuttle and ISS especially during a mission. I also know that a lot of people just don't care. But I also know that a friend of mine mentioned seeing a program about the ISS over the weekend. Many things were mentioned that made it interesting to her. She realized things she didn't know. And it was very interesting to her. So if one only takes the time to find out and understand, one can see why this is so great and exciting and, well, interesting. People need to try to get outside themselves for a while and see what is going on up there. If you think it has no bearing on you or is something you can't relate to, that is just because you haven't taken the time to have a look or listen. This is relative to everyone every day. It takes a willing and open mind to want to learn and find out.