The Pope to call the International Space Station; how exciting! Space exploration will never be the same again.
On another note, the Pope should really get rid of that funny-looking hat. He looks ridiculous enough as it is with his dress and tacky staff. TGO
Refer to brief story below. Source: Associated Press
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will be in satellite contact with two Italian astronauts aboard the International Space Station in what would be the first papal call to space.
The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported Friday that the hookup will happen on May 4 when Shuttle Endeavor docks with the station.
Two Italian astronauts will be meeting up, one a space station resident; the other, a visitor from the shuttle.
One of the two Italians will be carrying a silver medal donated by the pope. Others on the space station are Russian and American.
This so reminds me of that fabulous scene switch in “2001” when the camera follows an ape throwing a bone in the air, and it turns into an orbiting space station. We all should have left religion behind in the stone age, together with that bone. And especially leave behind pushers of religion, who pretend to have personal relationships with invisible spirits. So stone age.