WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?

#SpaceFlight #SpaceTravel #RocketLaunch

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?

#SpaceFlight #SpaceTravel #RocketLaunch

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?

#SpaceFlight #SpaceTravel #RocketLaunch

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?

#SpaceFlight #SpaceTravel #RocketLaunch

As the world gathered to watch Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon on July 20th, 1969 . . . [t]he tone of the discussion could perhaps be summed up by host Walter Cronkite himself: "We’ve got earthbound constraints, but it’s as inevitable now as the tides that are controlled by that Moon upon which men landed upon today. You can’t stop progress, and this is progress." . . . Within decades, [Cronkite and science science fiction author Robert Heinlein] said, orbital space stations, hospitals and nursing homes would be built on the Moon to take advantage of the low gravity. By the end of the century, self-sustaining societies throughout the Solar system. The sky was no longer the limit. “We’re going to be at Proxima Centauri before you know it,” Heinlein crowed.

- The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows, at Heat Death https://heat-death.ghost.io/th-yesterdays-tomorrows/ #ScienceFiction #SpaceTravel

The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows

On the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future.

Heat Death

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?

#SpaceFlight #SpaceTravel #RocketLaunch

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?

#SpaceFlight #SpaceTravel #RocketLaunch

WHERE ARE WE GOING NOW?

#SpaceFlight #SpaceTravel #RocketLaunch

Astronaut who observed Earth from space for 178 days says he realized humanity is 'living a lie' - Scoop Upworthy

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https://scoop.upworthy.com/astronaut-who-observed-earth-from-space-for-178-days-says-he-realized-humanity-is-living-a-lie-ex7

Astronaut who observed Earth from space for 178 days says he realized humanity is 'living a lie'

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