29-12-2021, 03:57 PM
Not so much the space station, but I'd love to see earth from space like William Shatner & others have. I think that would be quite an experience, & something which Edgar Mitchell advocated for politicians, which I strongly agree with.
ÔÇ£You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ÔÇÿLook at that, you son of a bitch.ÔÇØ
ÔÇò Edgar Mitchell
ÔÇ£You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ÔÇÿLook at that, you son of a bitch.ÔÇØ
ÔÇò Edgar Mitchell
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)