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ion 07/21/2009 11:04 PM Report
I didn't realize Stephen Hawking also had this view, thanks for the reference. I've always subscribed to the reasoning you describe, and thus wonder why every member of the species does not support exploration of space.
just a village idiot at a village inn in 7 by the sea, gone tomorrow, and then never to be seen
ShalomFreedman 07/21/2009 02:40 PM Report
This was a very interesting conversation. Kluger reveals a deep understanding not only of the 'Apollo' program but of the character and nature of the astronauts. Beyond this his understanding not simply of their special 'impeturbability' but of the kind of human intuition, courage and creativity involved in the exploration of space , was illuminating. In speaking of the future and of getting back to the Moon by 2020 and Mars by as early as 2030 Kluger shows himself to be a strong advocate of continued exploration of space, despite its great financial cost. As many have argued including Stephen Hawking the challenge of Space is not impelled exclusively by the human need to know and explore, however strong that be. It is in fact a survival imperative for the species which in the long distance will need to make a new home apart from what will eventually become an unlivable earth.
NoPardonforMichaelMilken 07/21/2009 02:03 PM Report
Charlie: "What is weightlessness like?"
Jim Lovell: "When you first into it, it's a little different. Your head feels full like if you're leaning over a horizontal bar when you were a kid you used to do that. Your stomach is a little queasy. It takes a little while to get used to it."
Observation: Sounds a lot like Sarah Palin as governor and quitter of Alaska and a failed Conservative candidate for vice president, doesn't it?
Conservatives of the Neo and Paleo variety have rejected science for the religious extremism. Conservatives, such as the Texas state Board of Education, favor the elimination of science in the public school classroom and the Born Again Theocratic religious indoctrination of the children in our society. Conservatives, such as Jim DeMint, first a member of The Family and second a U.S. senator from South Carolina, openly lobby against science and medicine in America and embrace a religion that endorses adultery in the name of political and financial power.
Conservatives will never allow the United States to return to outer space. Science is the basis for such exploration. And Conservatives live in a world of religious extremism that abhors science.
REMant 07/21/2009 01:21 PM Report
I recall watching the lunar landing live, and have always thought Armstrong's ditty actually kind of stupid, whether you believe there's an "a" missing or not. Voluntarists and other sorts of enthusiasts, like Ronald Reagan, will forever argue that men need to do this or that in person, for spiritual reasons, or whatever, but frankly doing it by remote control is infinitely harder, as well as a lot more sensible. I would not say this is true of the entire human race. Virtually none of the presidential science advisors or the scentific community have been in favor of manned programs, not even the space station. And it should be realized that the entire rationale for the Apollo program was the Cold War, an expensive lunacy, which on top of the Vietnam War and War on Poverty helped to put us in the position we are in today. Nor is it necessary to mount a Mars mission from the moon.