Pope Benedict XVI has a direct link to the heavens Saturday, with the help of NASA. Speaking of the Vatican, the Pontiff gave a historic blessing on the 12 astronauts circling the Earth during the call first Pope in space, who wish a quick recovery for woman wounded of the Congress of the Commander of the shuttle and condolences for a station astronaut mourns the death of his mother.
The "extraordinary" conversation, as described Benedict, occurred after the inspected Endeavour astronauts a small cut in the belly of the shuttle, to ensure their return to Earth after the departure of the International Space Station in a little over a week. This is the next-last flight program 30 years the NASA shuttle.
Sitting at a table before a television set to listen to the broadcast live from orbit NASA, Benedict XVI said travellers from space "you are our representatives, spearheaded the exploration of new spaces and possibilities of humanity for our future." He said he admired their courage, discipline and commitment.
"It must be obvious to you how we live together on land and how absurd it is that we fight and kill each other," Pontiff said, reading from prepared remarks. "I know that Mark Kelly woman was the victim of a serious crisis, and I hope that his health continues to improve."
Kelly, who is of Irish Catholic origin, thanked the Pope for his kind words. His wife, representative of the U.S. Gabrielle Giffords, had surgery to repair his skull Wednesday, four months after the bullet in the head at a political event in Tucson, Arizona it was almost killed, but managed to attend the launch of her husband last Monday.
Kelly told the Pope that borders cannot be seen from space and noted that down on Earth, people usually fight for resources. He said the space station, solar power provides unlimited energy, "and if these technologies may be more suitable on Earth, perhaps we could reduce some violence".
Benedict asked on the future of the planet and the environmental risks, it faces, and he wanted to know what would be the most important for young astronauts message when they return.
Station space astronaut speaks of Ronald Garan, Jr. of the layer of thin atmosphere "that separates each being living in the vacuum of space." And Mike Fincke shuttle crew described how he and his colleagues "can look down and see our beautiful planet Earth God."
However, if we look, we can see the rest of the universe, and the rest of the universe is for us to explore, "Fincke said. "The International Space Station is a symbol, for example, that human beings humans can do when we work together in a constructive way."
Towards the end of the 18-minute conversation, Benedict XVI is concerned to astronaut Paolo Nespoli, whose 78-year-old mother died in the North of the Italy in early May while he was serving on the space station.
The Pope asked "How you live through this time of pain on the International Space Station?".
"Holy Father, I felt your prayers and everyone prayers here where arriving outside the world... we have a point of view of watching the Earth and we feel all around us," Nespoli responded in Italian.
Nespoli will end its mission of the space station for five months on Monday, back on Earth in a Soyuz capsule.
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