Look up ... it’s high time we made another giant leap for mankind

THE space shuttle Endeavour touched down in Florida early on Monday morning after a successful two-week mission to the international space station.

“Houston, it’s great to be home. It was a great adventure,” Commander George Zamka radioed to Mission Control. But is it – great to be home, I mean?

Or were Zamka’s words an unintentional epitaph to man’s travels beyond the confines of our own planet?