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I'm pretty sure people said things like that when talking about sending people to the moon. And people probably said things like that to Columbus about sending

I'm pretty sure people said things like that when talking about sending people to the moon. And people probably said things like that to Columbus about sending boats across the ocean. Humanity has to do grand projects like this that seem ridiculous, because once in a while, it changes everything. And even if it doesn't, the cheer amount of ingenuity it requires brings benefit on their own.

marcosdumay 3y ago
> I'm pretty sure people said things like that when talking about sending people to the moon. Yep. And those reasons are why people touched it a few times and never came back. > And people probably said things like that to Columbus about sending boats across the ocean. Hum... Nope. People were already sending boats across that specific ocean for centuries.
- BiteCode_dev 3y ago
  > Yep. And those reasons are why people touched it a few times and never came back. And it changed the world forever. Probably contributed to avoid the cold war to turn hot. Not to mention we got diapers out of it, and a healthy space program that made amazing things possible like the GPS. > Hum... Nope. People were already sending boats across that specific ocean for centuries. Nick picking. People didn't know that.
usrbinbash 3y ago
I'm also pretty sure some people said things like "We will soon have colonies on the moon" shortly after Neil Armstrong stepped off that Lunar Lander ladder. Fun fact: No human has set foot on the Moon since 1972: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17 Also: When Columbus set sail, he could reasonably assume that he would see his home again. Big boats and long sea voyages were not a new technology in his time. When NASA started the Apollo Missions, they had them planned out from start to finish and knew exactly how that would work. So yes, once in a while, humanity does something amazing, that seems a bit far fetched, but still reasonable. What humanity usually doesn't do, is something that it has absolutely no plan on how to do it.

marcosdumay 3y ago

> I'm pretty sure people said things like that when talking about sending people to the moon. Yep. And those reasons are why people touched it a few times and never came back. > And people probably said things like that to Columbus about sending boats across the ocean. Hum... Nope. People were already sending boats across that specific ocean for centuries.

BiteCode_dev 3y ago
> Yep. And those reasons are why people touched it a few times and never came back. And it changed the world forever. Probably contributed to avoid the cold war to turn hot. Not to mention we got diapers out of it, and a healthy space program that made amazing things possible like the GPS. > Hum... Nope. People were already sending boats across that specific ocean for centuries. Nick picking. People didn't know that.

usrbinbash 3y ago

I'm also pretty sure some people said things like "We will soon have colonies on the moon" shortly after Neil Armstrong stepped off that Lunar Lander ladder. Fun fact: No human has set foot on the Moon since 1972: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17 Also: When Columbus set sail, he could reasonably assume that he would see his home again. Big boats and long sea voyages were not a new technology in his time. When NASA started the Apollo Missions, they had them planned out from start to finish and knew exactly how that would work. So yes, once in a while, humanity does something amazing, that seems a bit far fetched, but still reasonable. What humanity usually doesn't do, is something that it has absolutely no plan on how to do it.