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The lesson I take from this story (aside from the amazing accomplishments of all the people involved and the wonderful humanity of making the sculpture a tribut
by jaysonelliot 13y ago
The lesson I take from this story (aside from the amazing accomplishments of all the people involved and the wonderful humanity of making the sculpture a tribute to American and Soviet astronauts alike) is this:
ASK.
No one had put a sculpture on the moon because no one had thought to ask. Sure, there were a lot of steps involved, but ultimately it was about one woman with an idea and the temerity to say "I'll figure out a way." Sometimes the seemingly impossible is just a matter of thinking to ask.
- cousin_it 13y agoYeah, that's really good advice for a certain kind of people. Let's call them "marketers" for short. A scientist or engineer won't do a better job by remembering to "ASK", they're facing a different kind of problem that can't be solved by convincing a powerful person to solve it for you. But a marketer can score some major wins, like freeloading some worthless piece of junk on the public space program and then never shutting up about their "accomplishment".