Three, Two, One! by Kamila Moravcikova

Well, the U.S. space shuttle called Atlantis finally lifted off and is right there where it belongs, high above, in skies, in open space and its crew can easily watch the planet Earth. Being in space is not only the evidence of the intelligence (and in my humble opinion, also the demonstration of having enough guts) of human beings, when it comes to this flight to cosmos, there's much more going on. Atlantis didn't take off and travel to space only because of pure joy of being "in heaven", it also should have brought the European science laboratory to the International Space Station (ISS). And I think it's fine when finally the cosmos is not the place to show who rules this world as we all know something about an effort and battle to be first in this or that and to prove who is better. Isn't it nice when you see that humans are able to collaborate? Even though I have no idea what's story is behind all of that and how much has this co-operation cost. Anyway, the European equipment is in space. And so do some international astronauts. And all I can do is to admire them. I would never board such a vehicle, never, I swear! And it's not only because of that "humorous" nick NASA has, where the notion NASA stands for "Need Another Seven Astronauts". Nothing like that. Flying is just a nightmare for me. I'm still wondering how could I survive all those flights I went through in my life?! The secret is...I usually get drunk a little bit. And, honestly, have you ever seen drunken astronaut?

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080207/us_nm/space_shuttle_dc;_ylt=ApboODw3N0Aba1qQAI2Hbnys0NUE

by Kamila Moravcikova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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