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i really enjoy space movies, and i like the nasa missions of history and this excellent Blue Origin project. I wish i had studied orbital physics or something,

i really enjoy space movies, and i like the nasa missions of history and this excellent Blue Origin project. I wish i had studied orbital physics or something, and work at Blue Origin or the JPL. But, imagining the galactic history books of the future, I'm also at peace with the idea that the earth is the first and only home of humanity.

astrodust 10y ago
It's never too late to get started with Kerbal and dork around with orbital mechanics.
JorgeGT 10y ago
“Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the Solar System and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the Universe come from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies. They will love it no less for its obscurity and fragility. They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was, how perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross before we found our way.” ~ Carl Sagan. Bonus: with music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0
- tobtoh 10y ago
  I do like that quote ... but it did get me thinking about my own circumstances. As someone who believes that we probably evolved/migrated out of Africa, I feel no unity or connection to that continent. I only really feel a connection for my home town (in Australia) where I was born (I've moved to a different state since then). So I suspect, in the far future when we colonise many worlds, there won't actually be much of a connection.
  - zdkl 10y ago
    I think this quote takes it sense when you consider it from a deeper perspective. "This is the place your *{great}-grandpa came from"
    - saiya-jin 10y ago
      which... you can say about Africa too, just add enough "great-" words before
mabbo 10y ago
Go play Kerbal Space Program for a few hours/days/years. You'd be surprised at how intuitive orbital mechanics actually is, once you get used to it.

astrodust 10y ago

It's never too late to get started with Kerbal and dork around with orbital mechanics.

JorgeGT 10y ago

“Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the Solar System and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by the knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the Universe come from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies. They will love it no less for its obscurity and fragility. They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was, how perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross before we found our way.” ~ Carl Sagan. Bonus: with music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY59wZdCDo0

tobtoh 10y ago
I do like that quote ... but it did get me thinking about my own circumstances. As someone who believes that we probably evolved/migrated out of Africa, I feel no unity or connection to that continent. I only really feel a connection for my home town (in Australia) where I was born (I've moved to a different state since then). So I suspect, in the far future when we colonise many worlds, there won't actually be much of a connection.
- zdkl 10y ago
  I think this quote takes it sense when you consider it from a deeper perspective. "This is the place your *{great}-grandpa came from"
  - saiya-jin 10y ago
    which... you can say about Africa too, just add enough "great-" words before

mabbo 10y ago

Go play Kerbal Space Program for a few hours/days/years. You'd be surprised at how intuitive orbital mechanics actually is, once you get used to it.