[AR] Re: Nova for our outward urge?
- From: Derek Lyons <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:44:34 -0800
On Dec 29, 2015 11:06 AM, "Henry Spencer" <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
An amazing number of space enthusiasts still cling to the belief that
1961-67 was the normal state of affairs, which we can aspire to return to
if we find the right magic words. 1961-67 was an astonishing political
anomaly, inherently short-lived and unrepeatable. The freak political
consensus that supported it was gone before the first manned Apollo.
It's much worse than that - an amazing number of space enthusiasts don't
even realize that '65-'67 even happened. They think Apollo was going
great guns until Nixon killed it in '72 and the Shuttle came out of
nowhere. They don't realize that Apollo was running on fumes by July '69,
and that NASA was signing Shuttle design and study contracts while Apollo
11 was en route to the moon.
Some days it's very hard not to be depressed over how ill educated (or at
least willingly blind) the average space enthusiast, regardless of
intelligence, actually is.
D.
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