As the summer gets underway, I am struck by the number of paradoxical events that are unfolding. On one hand, the Space Shuttle Atlantis, engines spewing fire and smoke roars off toward the heavens. While here on Earth, individually and collectively we work to conserve energy.
The Atlantis carries with it, in addition to brave man and women,a large payload of food to store in the Space Station for the future. On Earth, we grapple with the need to feed our growing populations as we attempt to inventory and conserve plant life, even as untold number of plants and crops were destroyed by floods of biblical proportions.
The roar of Atlantis as she lifts off fills us with awe and a sense of adventure. Yet we look for a way to escape the roar of a tornado, hoping it will pass without destroying life and property.
For all its sophisticated equipment, Atlantis is tethered to us to work out her problems here on Earth while she floats majestically in the Universe.
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