I was reading about technology in general and space in particular tonight, when I stumbled across the news that there has been a joint venture between Russia and European groups to design a spaceship. I use the term because it may be the most accurate. Where the Columbia was a spaceplane, this really is a rocketship that will come down the way a rocket was imagined to, before mankind ever went to orbit. With thruster jets.

It's amazingly cool. I sincerely hope that they get the thing built, that it works well, and that we take another step toward man's exploration of the universe. Our universe is the last frontier - a place where we know little and have experienced less - and it is one of mankind's greatest dreams.*

Dream on!

[Article can be found here.]

* The anniversary of mankind's first step on the moon was July 20th.