Thoughts on 50th...

And today is the day, 50 years on, that Mankind first touched another planet=
. All of us, together. OMG! The whole world watched in awe and wonder, and w=
as uplifted by that fact.

All the problems of the world were then as well as now, as well as for all t=
he generations of history before and since. That will always be. And the tru=
e sadness of the Apollo missions, despite all that pushing to do this and cr=
eating all the technology and good stuff that it spawned which helps human b=
eings live longer, be more productive, and look at the world and the stars a=
round them with new insights, is that it ended and we haven't gone back or f=
urther yet.

But, g*****n it, we managed to do something incredible. We did something wor=
th writing in the history of our species that no other species we know has d=
one. And all the naysayers and querulous ambivalents in the world can moan a=
nd whine and whinge about whether we should have or not, but it doesn't matt=
er at all: We managed to do it, and it was good, and it is amazing, and it b=
rought all of us worldwide together for one shining moment of joy and wonder=
.

If that's not worth whatever it cost, then nothing is.

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