Star Struck

DIscovery launched tonight. I still watch it utter amazement as though this was the first time I have seen a launch. I usually look up all the details of the mission ahead of time, but I have been too busy to have done this ahead of time. I only know the shuttle is bringing up a piece, perhaps the final one, to complete the solar panel. Imagine, the I.S.S. will have solar panels to run it, also allowing two more people to live there, but here on Earth we seem to have not figure out that this is a good enough idea to implement the installation of such panels on our structures on a large scale.