I just keep forgetting about the moon mission (too much awful US-related news, and also too much life stuff happening). Looks like they're actually doing it!
The part that I'm actually excited about is the perspective of looking back at Earth from the Moon. That is COOL. I spent some time my last night in NZ looking up at the Moon, thinking about astronauts, and also tilting my head to try to understand why the moon looked upside-down to me from NZ!
@sundogplanets I shared some photos. Maybe it helps to remember that unlike certain billionaire companies who use others then horde wealth and knowledge gained, NASA is almost community science. The photos taken you can use. The knowledge is shared to better lives everywhere. A Black man and a woman are now outside of Earth orbit.
It’s not perfect, but what is (“there is no ethical consumption in capitalism” and all that), and the good that ripples out is immense because it is shared rather than hoarded.
I shared some photos and thoughts from being there, all at the top of my page.
It. Was. Amazing. I legit cried. 🥹 It was like everything good about the world for a minute. I will forever hold it dear to my heart.
As someone who has not had an easy life, let me clue folk in to something: if you cannot find joy where it exists, enjoy goodness where it exists, start to work on that skill because it is what will save your spirit from withering to dust taking you along with it.
Because it is a skill. You can cultivate the ability to hold both despair and joy together. And without the joy, despair will win. Every time.
Prof. Sam Lawler
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