The telescope... is a conduit to the cosmos.

Now imagine a world in which everyone, but especially people with power and influence, holds an expanded view of our place in the cosmos. With that perspective, our problems would shrink-or never arise at all-and we could celebrate our earthly differences while shunning the behavior of our predecessors who slaughtered each other because of them.

All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names.

In the New Testament, Thomas Jefferson cut out everything that was mystical, magical, miracle - physically with scissors - and then pasted in all that remained, such as Jesus's Sermon on the Mount.

I see all this talk about jobs going overseas as a symptom of the absence of innovation. And the absence of innovation is a symptom of there being no major national priority to advance a frontier.

I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document.

NASA has spin-offs, and it's a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.