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BAfromPA:
I was not alive for the space race but I did grow up watching 'The Cosmos' and, to me,there is nothing better to make you realize how small our problems are in the great scheme of things than the photo Voyager 1 took, "Pale Blue Dot". It is hard to even fathom the vastness of it all. We should all be proud of our accomplishments as a nation and, perhaps more importantly, as a species.

bjrogg:
It was a very enlightening time to grow up. It made you think you could follow your dreams. I know some thought it a great waste of money, but we learned so much from it. The knowledge and technology we developed has touched every aspect of our society.

I think the unmanned missions have been great learning missions. They have pushed our technology to places I never dreamed of. They aren’t nearly as personal as the human probes though. The human connection makes the vastness seem smaller. Actual colonization would really shrink that vastness. Just a little. We always have been explorers. As vast as our world once seemed. It has become much smaller. Not insignificant, just less vast.
Bjrogg

Pappy:
Nice thread BJ, i been around to see a lot of it also, very cool stuff and glad they are back at it.Not sure what they will find out there , but most likely something, just hope it's good. :)
 Pappy

bjrogg:

--- Quote from: Pappy on May 31, 2020, 04:37:22 pm ---Nice thread BJ, i been around to see a lot of it also, very cool stuff and glad they are back at it.Not sure what they will find out there , but most likely something, just hope it's good. :)
 Pappy

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That’s part of the excitement of exploring Pappy. Never quite know what your gonna find. :o
Bjrogg

JEB:
I remember when it happened.

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