An Interesting Day

Associated Press reported that a 13 year-old panda gave birth at the San Diego Zoo, with a second baby panda cub dying in the womb.

On the same day as…

A 26-year old human female was kept on life support for 3 months to give her fetus time to develop. The baby was delivered by c-section at 2 months premature. The mother passed away after life support was pulled.

Can we now rethink modern medicine and the means to protect human life in the same manner we strive to protect endangered species of the animal kingdom?

An Air France plane crashed after skidding off the runaway and bursting into flames. All 309, passengers and crew, escaped.

On the same day as…

The Space Shuttle’s under-belly was successfully repaired today. Discovery astronaut Robinson stood on a shoulder-width platform on the end of a 58-foot arm, while orbiting 220 miles above Earth and traveling 18,000 mile per hour. Video images were broadcast live from a camera mounted on Robinson’s helmet to my living room in Newville, Wisconsin.

Can we now….ahhhh, never mind. My 5-year old watched with me….who knows what frontiers he was suddenly inspired to conquer.