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Is that your litmus test--it has to have "value"? What's the value of Hubble? Of the Nancy Grace Roman observatory? Are you against those too? Maybe you prefer

Is that your litmus test--it has to have "value"? What's the value of Hubble? Of the Nancy Grace Roman observatory? Are you against those too? Maybe you prefer if they had left it as a spy satellite--at least that has real value. Humans are going to walk on the fucking moon! How can you not be excited about that? There is value in pushing the frontier, in doing things at the limit of human technology, in seeing new worlds through human eyes.

bluGill 20d ago
> Humans are going to walk on the fucking moon! How can you not be excited about that? Been there done that. Last happened in 1972, there is nothing exciting about it anymore. I have other things in my life that are exciting - things that really are exciting.
- GMoromisato 20d ago
  Please share what you think is really exciting. Maybe I'll have something new to be excited about.
  - bluGill 19d ago
    I'm taking my local scouts camping this weekend. Should be an experience (it is expected to rain all weekend). I just finished helping my local high school marching band's annual event - I got to hear a lot of great music which I find exciting. I slept in the zoo next to the fishes with the girl scouts not long ago. You can guess by the above the ages of my kids - which in turn implies a lot of other excitement. There are plenty of other things as well. My local town art festival is exciting to a lot of people even though I didn't care enough to attend this year. There are a lot of museums, parks, concerts, ... in my local area to be exciting about. I have a shop full of tools for my various hobbies that I'm excited about. If you can't find a lifetime of things to be excited about withing walking distance of your bedroom you need to learn to enjoy your life more. (with apologies to the disabled who can't leave their bed)

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Is that your litmus test--it has to have "value"? What's the value of Hubble? Of the Nancy Grace Roman observatory? Are you against those too? Maybe you prefer

by GMoromisato 20d ago

bluGill 20d ago
> Humans are going to walk on the fucking moon! How can you not be excited about that? Been there done that. Last happened in 1972, there is nothing exciting about it anymore. I have other things in my life that are exciting - things that really are exciting.
- GMoromisato 20d ago
  Please share what you think is really exciting. Maybe I'll have something new to be excited about.
  - bluGill 19d ago
    I'm taking my local scouts camping this weekend. Should be an experience (it is expected to rain all weekend). I just finished helping my local high school marching band's annual event - I got to hear a lot of great music which I find exciting. I slept in the zoo next to the fishes with the girl scouts not long ago. You can guess by the above the ages of my kids - which in turn implies a lot of other excitement. There are plenty of other things as well. My local town art festival is exciting to a lot of people even though I didn't care enough to attend this year. There are a lot of museums, parks, concerts, ... in my local area to be exciting about. I have a shop full of tools for my various hobbies that I'm excited about. If you can't find a lifetime of things to be excited about withing walking distance of your bedroom you need to learn to enjoy your life more. (with apologies to the disabled who can't leave their bed)