"Say Cheese" You Sneaky ET's: We're Comin' For Ya!

I am looking forward to the next big NASA mission set to launch on March 5th. I've always pulled for NASA funding and cringe when cuts are made (especially for some of the things the money is redirected to). The Nasa mission is launching the Kepler spacecraft which "...is scheduled to blast into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a Delta II rocket on March 5 at 7:48 p.m. Pacific Time (10:48 p.m. Eastern Time). It is the first mission with the ability to find planets like
Earth -- rocky planets that orbit sun-like stars in a warm zone where liquid
water could be maintained on the surface..."

I am disappointed these type of launches get so little press coverage. It is sad so few people take an interest in a project that could fundamentally change the way we view ourselves and our short existence on this "mote of dust", as Carl Sagan would say, we call a planet. I guess we will only pay attention when they hit pay dirt, as long as we are not bothered with the fantastic adventure of discovery.

Go NASA GO! Go Man Go!