i dont have a bible.
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i dont have a bible.
I can’t say that the event itself has effected me much emotionally. Don’t get me wrong, this is sad due to the loss of human life. But I’m no sadder about this than I would be if I heard there was a car wreck in my town. It being the shuttle and not some other form of transportation doesn’t effect the way I feel about this.
What does bother me however, is the apathy that is being shown towards NASA and the concept of space travel. NASA is the only part of our government I can honestly say that I love. It is our nations only pure endeavor. It was started as another way to protect the U.S. and continues today with a new and even more morally just goal, exploration. Be it the exploration of knowledge in general or what lies far out beyond our own world.
What bothers me even more than that, is the fact that if people can show such apathy to NASA that it would seem that the dreams of our society are dead. I have to think back to something my dad told me about his childhood. How he said that he would look up at the stars in amazement at the idea that there was something up in space looking down at him, something made by man. He was talking about sputnik. I fear that we have nothing like that now. We were told stories of flying cars, and huge robots. What we got was the worlds largest free porn reference. It would seem that as a race we are all just waiting to die, and trying to be stimulated as many times as we can before we die. All that seems to matter is how long we live, and how many people we can get to live, and not the quality of that life, and/or those lives. The way people have commented about NASA and its goals seem to only confirm this. And if you don’t agree ask yourself “what are my dreams, and what am I working towards” then actually look at what you are doing. Then ask yourself the same question about the people around you, then the nation, and then the world.
The dreams have died, and along with them the only pure parts of our humanity
Had no clue about any of this. There was something on TV when a roomie turned it on earlier this afternoon, but I thought it had something to do with some shuttle from years ago. No idea we had one up there recently.Good thing it is slowing down and has been for quite some time. It'll eventually level off, though I can't remember what the predicted time is.Quote:
Originally posted by diffusionx
There will be MAJOR problems in 15 or 20 years if the human population's growth rate does not slow down.