“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we've learned most of what we know. Recently, we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
We are stardust. Billion year old carbon. We are golden.. Caught in the devil's bargain And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
All that hope and expectation from being an 8 year old wakened to watch his "giant leap". To be on the edge of a huge leap forward that has never materalised seems so sad.
Niel was the first of just 12 men to walk on the moon and now it seems there will be no more.
Niel was the first of just 12 men to walk on the moon and now it seems there will be no more.
It was a fanatstic achievement and an importnat step in what will eventually be the chain of events that led to us putting people and probably colonies on other planets, but there ain't much to see on the moon so, really, until we need to use it to test life support systems or something there's not much scientific reason to go back.
With the Mars Rover etc space exploration is still very much alive, it's just technology means we can make the initial visits more cheaply and without endangering human life.
Has anybody ever had something more impressive to put on their CV? Arguably the most famous human being ever, and one of the few I'd loved to have met. RIP sir, never forgotten.
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RIP
A fair old life lived and by all accounts a wonderfully humble and nice man.
RIP
“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we've learned most of what we know. Recently, we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Billion year old carbon.
We are golden..
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
All that hope and expectation from being an 8 year old wakened to watch his "giant leap". To be on the edge of a huge leap forward that has never materalised seems so sad.
Niel was the first of just 12 men to walk on the moon and now it seems there will be no more.
With the Mars Rover etc space exploration is still very much alive, it's just technology means we can make the initial visits more cheaply and without endangering human life.
RIP sir, never forgotten.