With the passing of ‘Neil Armstrong’ I can’t help thinking that we must give more attention things that really make an [positive] impact on us all – especially the exploration of outer space.
As a small tribute to Mr Armstrong I always thought of him as a true gentleman, an example of what a true hero should be. He never let ‘fame’ get to him and did not exploit his position to achieve more than he should – but he did what had to be done and nothing less.
The famous quote ‘One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind’ is just the beginning. It should be continued with something like “which is only the start of the next [small] step towards infinity!”. Both ‘Buzz’es’ would have been proud of that (Aldrin and Lightyear) 😉
I really hope we [as humanity] would set foot again on the moon and will continue to the planets and eventually the stars. Sadly, as things look now we are still to caught up with out petty little differences (as always) and too jealous of each other to allow good to happen to even our ‘own’ neighbor, never mind the possible rivals somewhere. Ironically, the only reason we [they] reached the moon was for a political statement which in the end meant nothing as it wasn’t continued.
Going into space isn’t easy. But it is worth it. If only we can realize that ‘space’ can also be a solution to a lot of our ‘imaginative’ problems here on Earth. I still believe one of our most fundamental problems is that there are only ‘so much’ Earth’ we can share and having too much pressure on its resources is what is driving most [if not all] of our struggles. If we can only learn how to live in space [since there is so much of it] it surely will help.
RIP Mr Armstrong.
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