Time travelling in various directions

I was watching an interesting program on my local PBS station abut Champlain and his expeditions in North America when he was looking for a passage to China.

He met up with the natives including the Mohawks near what is know Montreal. He named a lake after himself - Lake Champlain.

This all happened in the early 1600s.

About the same time I was listening to a music CD in the basement of my house in Ottawa. Ottawa recently celebrated a birthday - it was 150 years old.

On my music CD there was music by Bach and Pachelbel and Handel and Vivaldi. Bach died in 1750. Pachelbel died in 1706. Handel died in 1759. Vivaldi died in 1741.

When they wrote their music in some European country - the Mohawks or other native groups were the only people around in the Ottawa area.

The vast expanse of interstellar space

God of all power, Ruler of the Universe
you are worthy of glory and praise.
Glory to you for ever and ever.
At your command all things came to be:
the vast expanse of interstellar space,
galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses,
and this fragile earth, our island home.
By your will they were created and have their being.

(From one of the liturgies in the Anglican Book of Alternative Services)

I was reading that this is referred to as the Star Trek Eucharistic Prayer. One parish was known to use it when a space shuttle was up.

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The headline at CNN was: the astronauts are getting ready for their flight. Actually this will be the 6th attempt at launching the shuttle. The weather has not been cooperating - thunderstorms in Florida.

There will be a Canadian astronaut on board. When the shuttle finally gets to the International Space Station - there will be a first - 2 Canadian astronauts together there.

Now there is a web site where you can check your city’s location for viewing the space station.
　

Happy Canada Day