[ExI] Hawking urges Moon landing to 'elevate humanity'

[Giulio Prisco]

Of course I agree that cheaper space access is needed and, once it's
there, will open many doors. But don't dismiss the power of symbols.
Apollo was all about flags and footprints, and everyone knew that. Yet
Apollo inspired a whole generation, and some of them did great things,
in space and in other sectors. We need cheap access to space, and
people like you are doing good things for that, but we also need to
start dreaming again.

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:18 AM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hawking urges Moon landing to 'elevate humanity'
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40345048
>
> Even Obama said "we've been there", IIRC.  Flags and footprints won't
> help - on the Moon or on Mars.
>
> What we need is more affordable space access.  That will cause all
> other space dreams to become far more possible - and be enough to
> cause many to happen.
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