I get it. The launch sequence from Apollo 13 makes me cry every time
At some point the spirit of space travel died inside me. I no longer see humanities future as being among the stars, and I can’t even say that its terribly disappointing to me. I’m still curious and glad that we do things to figure out our world, I think we should fill the sky with telescopes. The narrative of space colonization just doesn’t sell to me. Manifest destiny has always been wicked.
Don’t let capitalism ruin the beauty of space for you, or the technocrats win.
This is just a blip in human history. It’s a single day on the calendar in comparison to all the monarchies that came before it, and all of who knows what else will come after.
The narrative of space colonization just doesn’t sell to me.
For me one of the most important parts of human spaceflight is working as a constant reminder of how hard it is to keep humans alive outside of Earth. It should work to underscore that we only have one Earth and there is no realistic “plan B”. Without human spaceflight we could get complacent and just think we can find another home for humanity. When we see live on video feeds how much it takes for just 4 humans for a week or so to live off Earth and close to the moon the illusion of an alternative to Earth shatters.
When the challenger exploded and the space age ended, so too should have been dispelled the mirage that space travel would mean infinite resources for capitalism to exploit.
Shuttle was always a Low Earth Orbit craft. It was never designed or capable of even a flight to the moon, much less another planet.
infinite resources for capitalism to exploit.
That is potentially still alive with robotic missions for orbital asteroid capture and mining.
Our moon is very local and worth discovering more about.
Hell I had a tear come to my eye when curiosity landed on mars. That was an awesome moment and it was “just” a rover.
I was glued to the stream for that one too!
And I know it’s been done before, but I absolutely cannot wait until the Artemis moon landing mission. It should be a national holiday so that everyone can watch.
I’ll watch For All Mankind, get giddy with all the advances, science and exploration, then it ends and I remember how everything in our timeline sucks balls (and not in a fun way).
I walked outside last night looking up at the sky and knew for the first time in my life there were people circling the Moon right then. It was a profound feeling.
I had the same experience driving to work yesterday. The moon was visible in the morning and I was very happy thinking about how there were people up there in that moment.
The desire to be far away from earth got to me.
So valid
Blew up a school full of kids And Epstein’s on the Moon.
Trump’s about to nuke the world And Epstein’s on the Moon.I care about this about as much as Easter or the Olympics.
