He's right. It's an awesome picture. It's great seeing a probe get to a far off planet. A probe that survived all of the brokenness of our bureaucracy. A probe that literally rose up out of a failed project. All of this is great stuff.
Would I call it my favorite picture ever? Nah. The picture from the moon, showing earthrise. Watching that pretty blue planet rise above the horizon of the moon. That picture of man looking back at his cradle. That picture, that is the greatest picture ever taken.
Why is it greater? Well, it's a better picture to start with - it isn't some fuzzy blob, it's freekin' breath taking!
But what makes it ever so much better is that it was taken not by some robotic orbiter - but by a man. A man saw this incredible sight, and he captured the moment with his tool; a camera. The cave men did that, the painters throughout the centuries have done that and here was this new (now lost) breed of explorer, sharing the moment with the rest of mankind for the rest of time.
My only hope is that someday soon, a man will stand on Mars and look back at the faint blue dot in the sky and think of his home. I also hope, rather feebly, that I will someday get to stand on the moon and on Mars, looking back.
For now, the egg-heads and their machines get to have all the fun. Maybe someday we'll be able to join them and our scrapbooks will be filled with great pictures of fuzzy blobs!
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That guy is pretty passionate.
He's right. It's an awesome picture. It's great seeing a probe get to a far off planet. A probe that survived all of the brokenness of our bureaucracy. A probe that literally rose up out of a failed project. All of this is great stuff.
Would I call it my favorite picture ever? Nah. The picture from the moon, showing earthrise. Watching that pretty blue planet rise above the horizon of the moon. That picture of man looking back at his cradle. That picture, that is the greatest picture ever taken.
Why is it greater? Well, it's a better picture to start with - it isn't some fuzzy blob, it's freekin' breath taking!
But what makes it ever so much better is that it was taken not by some robotic orbiter - but by a man. A man saw this incredible sight, and he captured the moment with his tool; a camera. The cave men did that, the painters throughout the centuries have done that and here was this new (now lost) breed of explorer, sharing the moment with the rest of mankind for the rest of time.
My only hope is that someday soon, a man will stand on Mars and look back at the faint blue dot in the sky and think of his home. I also hope, rather feebly, that I will someday get to stand on the moon and on Mars, looking back.
For now, the egg-heads and their machines get to have all the fun. Maybe someday we'll be able to join them and our scrapbooks will be filled with great pictures of fuzzy blobs!
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