Yeah, I’m not traveling to a place that lost its democracy in a purge of academics and political opponents overnight.
I love Star Trek but not that much.
Yeah, I’m not traveling to a place that lost its democracy in a purge of academics and political opponents overnight.
I love Star Trek but not that much.
None of those problems get solved if you use the enormity of the task to excuse giving up. Everyone working on these projects is well aware of these issues. It does not devalue the work. But do not confuse my support of continuing towards the goal with support for goofballs like Elon Musk.
If we had listened to people like you during the infancy of the US space program we would have deprived the world of a lot of technological progress.
We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. I do not say that we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours. There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation may never come again. But why, some say, the Moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon… We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too.
While I agree Earth first. But just like most humans you are underestimating our level of risk. There is a very legitimate reason to have a goal of not putting all our eggs in one planet. That’s just a much more long term goal than our climate issues, but we shouldn’t stop trying to progress our technology for that end.
There is such thing as an Authoritarian Left.
Yeah, I enjoyed learning German… Java on the other hand…
Looks like I’m wrong about this. I could have sworn I read an interview where this was mentioned but nothing I can find says that was ever a plan.
Edit: read below, someone found that it may have been implied in novels and deleted scenes.
She was his daughter, but the story was cut.
The Year of Hell, full stop.
Just think of all the efficiencies.
Don’t forget the ultimate Star Trek voice acting gig, Gargoyles.
People would want to have a beer with me because I really like beer.
Super on brand for them to do things they are trying to stop everyone else from doing.
Kind of hilarious when you think about all the content that has been cancelled.
I’ll buy a server farm and train an LLM. Won’t take the whole month.
A certain very loud segment of Star Wars “fans” will be angry no matter what they do.
Real life Ms. Frizzle?
Darth helmet is 100% the apothecary. Don’t hate me when it’s true.
Yeah, it’s all just my opinion.
So he’s just speculating during an interview.