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Is Atlantis the end of the US space dream?

It's not very often in America that you come across something that really deserves the epithet "awesome". But I am assured that watching a space shuttle launch really is one of those experiences.

Just arriving at the Kennedy Space Center is pretty exciting. Driving past buildings so huge they say that it rains inside. Watching the countdown clock ticking down. And across a large lake, a couple of miles away but still clearly visible, we can see the space shuttle Atlantis on the launching pad ready for her last-ever voyage.

The is always a palpable air of excitement when the countdown has begun to a shuttle launch - but this time you can tell it's tinged with regret, sadness and pessimism, for this launch will mark the end of the shuttle programme forever.

As soon as Atlantis finishes her mission and touches down in about two weeks' time, hundreds of people here will lose their jobs. And for those that stay on, it's a very uncertain future. They are not even sure where they are meant to be heading for next. They all want to shoot for Mars but right now there simply is not the funding to make that happen.

How can you have space programme without any space craft? The US government insists it can be done, but to get American astronauts into space they will have to buy seats on Russian Soyuz rockets.

What does it tell you about America's place in the world when they are having to hitch a ride with the Russians, whilst the Chinese are busy developing their own brand-new spaceship that will soon take them to the moon?

The space programme means a very great deal to American self-esteem. In the national cathedral in Washington DC they have a stained glass window depicting the Apollo moon landing. And it's a source of great national pride that it was America that built the engineering miracle that was the space shuttle. The craft that has become the iconic symbol of the space age.

What has it achieved?

So there is a great deal of concern that without an operating space programme generations of American children will not be inspired to become the scientists, technicians and engineers of the future, causing the country to fall further behind in technological development.

But after nearly $200bn and 134 launches so far, what did the shuttle actually give back to America or the rest of the world?

It certainly didn't fulfil its original mission to make space flight frequent, safe and cheap. The people who designed the very first space shuttle though it was going to take off almost every week, at a cost of about $1m a launch. In fact it's over $1bn every time they send one up, and it never took off more than nine times in one year - with one in every 67th mission ending in disaster.

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Symbol Of Dreams

Dreams are a source of inspiration and creativity that can lead us to a deeper understanding of who we are. They are a way for us to connect with hidden parts of ourselves that may not be easily accessible to us in our conscious, awakened states. Dreams may be explored on many levels, usually with more than one interpretation or meaning. The interplay of symbols within dream images are often metaphors reflecting the dynamic that exists between the various aspects of our psyche. Dream narratives can also provide us with a unique perspective on the dynamics of our interpersonal relationships that we may not have considered, and show us where we have become stuck or one-sided. Dreams can be foretelling, giving us information about future events that have yet to occur. Sometimes dreams show us parts of ourselves that we have attempted to hide that we must learn to understand and integrate for us to become whole.

In psychotherapy, an opening dream which occurs in the beginning stage of treatment can be used as a map that outlines the course of our healing process. Working with dreams can offer an opportunity to heal deep wounds that have been carried for years as they provide a means to work through past traumas. Sometimes we will have the same dream repeatedly about an ongoing dilemma in our Life that we have ignored and have yet to understand. Frequently these dreams will not disappear until we look at the underlying issue being presented and move toward resolving it. Staying open and receptive to the content of our dreams can engage us in a process that allows us to heal if we are willing.

For many of us dreams are an essential way for us to connect to our spirituality and discover our personal myths or life-meaning. The feelings we experience associated with our dream symbols illuminate and help us to identify inner sources of strengths that we may have become cut off from and didn’t know existed. For many artists, dreams can be a vision of future work they have yet to create before they have begun the outward expression of their idea in the physical world.

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