Posted by
Anthony Caira on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Loss-of-Columbia-tp1499371p1499397.html
James
I totally agree with you. I'm a child of the Apollo generation.
In all honesty - my first living memory is of my dad getting me in front of
the TV on a hot day in Australia and saying: 'Son, watch this - its
important'
I watched as a man in a space suit - in black and white on our old (very
UFO!!) orange cabinet TV hopped on to the moon.
When UFO came on TV only a couple of years later - I believed - and I know
my father did, that by 1980 - man would have gone to Mars and beyond.
There would be no America or Australia today if it wasn't for explorers
venturing into the unknown.
As a child of the Apollo generation I am bitterly disappointed at the way
space exploration has gone - and more so with the funding restrictions.
Its obviously mare agreeable to spend government funds to commit war/mass
murder on lots of people - than to further our knowledge of the universe.
I *am* anti-terrorism - and anti dictatorship, but I think we are such an
immature race.
We kill each other in so many places around the globe.
We should be investing that time and effort into exploring beyond our little
fragile blue world,
That was my 5c worth!!!
TonyC
on 2/2/03 5:21 pm,
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> Mark and Michael, you both make good points. The reason however
> there was such a drive on in the early days of the space program was do in
> part to the cold war. It was thought we had to beat the USSR to the Moon for
> scientific, military and just plain old national pride. Now days none of
> that exists any more.
> But in the wake of the sad fate of the crew of the shuttle there
> will be many who call for a end to the space program. But the history of man
> is to explore and push outward. We can't stop because of it. Man didn't
> stop sailing the seas and finding new lands when a ship sank. We didn't turn
> back to horses when the a automobile that was suppose to be faster crashed.
> We didn't ceast to fly when planes crashed. If we had there would have been
> no first trans-Atlantic flight by Lindberg or a first flight around the world
> and surely no space program.
> We are but babies taking our first steps as far as space exploration
> is concerned. We can not give up because we have fallen and hurt ourselves
> or go back to creeping and crawling. We must get back up and learn to walk
> so that we can run so we can explore the vastness of the solar System, then
> Galaxy and finally the Universe.
>
> James K.
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