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Incredible. This kind of stuff puts my faith back in humanity. With all the horrible stuff going in the world, you see something like this and its simply amazin
by at-fates-hands 14y ago
Incredible. This kind of stuff puts my faith back in humanity. With all the horrible stuff going in the world, you see something like this and its simply amazing.
I actually got teary eyed when he landed and fell to his knees. Such a huge leap for the space program.
- 46Bit 14y agoThis is the big change between now and Kittinger's jump in 1960: private, truly non-governmental* companies can and will achieve incredible things just to market some sugar water. * I see a distinction between companies like SpaceX and those like Lockheed, in the will to do things if nothing else.
- radicaldreamer 14y agoDoesn't that make sense though? 1960 was 50 years ago, the government (or multiple world governments) could be bank rolling a human mission and initial human outpost on Mars right now if that was a priority the public would support.
- 46Bit 14y agoVery true. The question is whether the government saw sense and scaled back it's unsustainable future drive, or whether things just stalled. I'm still undecided.
- aggie 14y agoThe government put a man on the moon so they could appear more technologically capable than the Soviets. Once they got their propaganda piece, the incentive died out.
- pilsetnieks 14y ago- Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world? - Both.