GreenPat said...
Millions will die of starvation regardless of whether we go have a look at Mars or not. Even if the money that it cost to go to Mars was spent on food for the starving millions instead, they'll still die of starvation, just a little later perhaps. Until developing countries embrace sustainable agriculture and economic stability, rather than corruption and agression, poor people will continue to starve.
Why explore space?
launiusr.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/why-explore-space-a-1970-letter-to-a-nun-in-africa/
Pitbull said...
Everyone has their own views, however I find it difficult to believe when the flag is fluttering without any moon dust being blown around and not one star in the sky.
If I unrolled my sail on the moon it would flutter for a bit too; no atmosphere required. The flags were a lot lighter, delicate etc. Just imagein you are floating in space and you unfurl a flag. It's going to do it's wobble thing for a bit.
As for the stars, I can't see any in the sky today either. It works kinda the same way on the moon; the sun is too ****ing bright, but also the objects in the photo are too bright aswell. If you've ever been camping on a full moon you'd have noticed how bright everything is. You can just/almost read by the light of a full moon. So imagine how ****ing bright it would be standing on it! Moon dust is really, really reflective. You can read some accounts by the Apollo astronauts and they describe at very, very other-worldy, very surreal. Compared to that and the shiny space suits the camera just isn't going to pick up the stars. Any photographer can attest to this unless they're all in on the conspiracy too.
Claim to fame: Had a guest speaker at a meeting when I was a kid. My mum took me along to it and at the end she said "Go up and introduce yourself to Mr. Aldrin". I shook his hand. Still haven't washed it.
