Space shuttle Atlantis is up and about to begin a very dangerous but worthy mission: to keep the Hubble Space Telescope operational until it can be replaced.
Prayers for their mission and crew would seem so crude given what they are tasked to do and why we hope they succeed. So I will watch with wonder and hope, putting my trust in their expertise and bravery--and with the intelligence and ingenuity of those on the ground--rather than in supplications and rituals. That trust is well-placed, as the former gave us this:
While the latter, this:
But in keeping with naval tradition, I say godspeed, you magnificent champions of science. 
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