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[–] aeharding@vger.social 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I forgot I received this a few years ago from volunteering… let’s go Artemis!

Portrait signed from Victor Glover

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Heck yeah!!!

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 day ago

It was a beautiful launch

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 day ago

Saw it from KSC actually, was great.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Sometimes I regret that if I had been more of a motivated person in my younger years, I could be in space.

But also, I know that given my physical state and brain damage and such, it was a dead dream as soon as my first stroke happened, two days after birth.

Still, a woman can dream.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

There's a lot more for a human to see and experience here on Earth than there will ever be in space.

I love science, space, and science fiction as much as the next person, but at some point humanity is going to have to come to terms with the fact that just about everything worth truly caring about is right here on our planet.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

And yet, going to a remote corner of the planet, lying down on the ground, and taking it all in, forms the basis for most of our mythology and dreams.

[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 3 points 21 hours ago

I'm not sure I can agree that space forms "the basis for most of our mythology and dreams"--whether we're talking Greek titans or druidic spirits, a lot of mythology is based on worldy phenomenons--but even supposing it did, Earth certainly forms the basis for human existence and all known life itself.

Earth is the epicenter of all known thought. And if there is anything out there in space with the ability to dream like we do, it is likely far beyond our reach in terms of distance and time.

This isn't to say that we shouldn't care about space, only to say that we should care a whole lot more about what exists here on Earth.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Still, a woman can dream.

Republicans are trying very hard to change that, alas.

Also, fuck Republicans.

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