All right, I admit it:  I’m totally geeked about H.S.T.

The astronauts who will service the Hubble Space Telescope were greeted enthusiastically Wednesday by astronomers who had faced the loss of the orbiting observatory when NASA canceled their mission.The seven astronauts will be “doing as much as we can cram in” to the September 2008 servicing mission that will keep the Hubble alive, mission commander Scott Altman told a crowded auditorium at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which coordinates the use of the telescope.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/05/10/hubble_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070510133030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Our Coast to Fix — or Lose

There has been much debate in the past 20 months over protecting Louisiana from another lethal hurricane, but nearly all of it has been conducted without any real understanding of the geological context. Congress and the Bush administration need to recognize six facts that define the national interest.

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/11/AR2007051101985.html?nav=most_emailed