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https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/b162bb4ac7564d6ea31f8a468fdb09d4 > On 20 Jul 2019, at 18:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > And today is the day, 50 years on, that Mankind first touched another planet. > All of us, together. OMG! The whole world watched in awe and wonder, and was > uplifted by that fact. > > All the problems of the world were then as well as now, as well as for all > the generations of history before and since. That will always be. And the > true sadness of the Apollo missions, despite all that pushing to do this and > creating all the technology and good stuff that it spawned which helps human > beings live longer, be more productive, and look at the world and the stars > around them with new insights, is that it ended and we haven't gone back or > further yet. > > But, g*****n it, we managed to do something incredible. We did something > worth writing in the history of our species that no other species we know has > done. And all the naysayers and querulous ambivalents in the world can moan > and whine and whinge about whether we should have or not, but it doesn't > matter at all: We managed to do it, and it was good, and it is amazing, and > it brought all of us worldwide together for one shining moment of joy and > wonder. > > If that's not worth whatever it cost, then nothing is. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
