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It just so happens I was listening to some beautiful 1970s space music when I read this (Tangerine Dream, if you're interested). The dreams of exploration we h
by jaysonelliot 16y ago
It just so happens I was listening to some beautiful 1970s space music when I read this (Tangerine Dream, if you're interested).
The dreams of exploration we had from the time of the first man in space through the 1980s were so wonderful and optimistic. I grew up reading OMNI and Discover, watching Carl Sagan on television and playing with toy Space Shuttles.
When the Voyager left earth, we believed that man would walk on Mars by the end of the millennium, and that first contact was just around the corner. It was unthinkable that, in 2011, we would be seeing the end of the Space Shuttle with nothing to replace it and the suspension of SETI.
I hope that moments of wonder like Voyager leaving the solar system, still functioning, will light our collective spirit and inspire us to remember why we wanted to reach for the stars in the first place.
- calebmpeterson 16y ago> It just so happens I was listening to some beautiful 1970s space music when I read this (Tangerine Dream, if you're interested). Thank you for introducing me to Tangerine Dream.
- bane 16y agoI was just going to say thanks for reminding me about TD, I haven't listened to them in a while...but now I'm back on them ;)
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- tsuipen 16y ago> It just so happens I was listening to some beautiful 1970s space music when I read this (Tangerine Dream, if you're interested). The Pink years were the best.
- kinkora 16y agonothing to replace it? See SpaceX and Virgin Galactic.
- drm237 16y agoSpaceX in a few more years should be able to do human transportation to orbit. Virgin Galactic is for space tourism and doen't fulfill any of the roles the shuttles were used for. When the shuttle retires, there really isn't anything else (in the US) that comes close to replacing it.
- binbasti 16y agoWhy should SpaceX be the only competitor who succeeds in the next few years? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_companies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_private_spaceflight_com...
- wil2k 16y agoI was just listening to "Space Night Earthviews" :D (A late night show in Germany combining great music and visuals. Can be found on YouTube.)
- jasongullickson 16y agoI was really depressed about the retirement of the Space Shuttle until I saw that SpaceX (http://www.spacex.com/ http://www.spacex.com/) crew simulation demo video the other day. Time for us to run with the baton for awhile folks.