[ExI] NASA: go Go GO back to the moon

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Feb 24, 2017, at 11:23 PM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> So was Apollo ("flags and footprint"ish). But it inspired a whole
> generation of dreamers, scientists and engineers who built great
> things, including the internet.
> 
> Then the dream faded and we got 140 characters, useless apps&scams
> instead of flying cars and cities on the moon, as Peter Thiel wisely
> noted.
> 
> Sometime you need flags and footprints to keep dreams alive.

Whoa! I'm o a younger generation. The baby boomers were promised flying cars and all that. My generation was promised a postindustrial dystopia. It seems like we'll get that first. ;)

Regards,

Dan
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