Postcards from the Bleeding Edge
History will remember the inhabitants of this century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the moon in 66 years, only to languish for the next 30 in low Earth orbit. At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve." -- Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut
Great post from Mike. This quote from Buzz Aldrin stood out. Per Adua et Astra - through adversity to the stars - its actually the motto of the RAF but it sums this up perfectly. You must take risk to advance and you naturally have to weigh up the cost/benefit of that risk.
Isn't exploration of space worth it? I think it is.
Posted by Paul Goodison at August 18, 2003 10:32 PM | TrackBack