We Choose to Go to the Moon
Many years ago, the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, “Because it is there.” Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb...
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Many years ago, the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, “Because it is there.” Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb...
Moon voyages became popular in the 1630s, their underlying inspiration Galileo’s telescope and the curiosity it piqued about the planet; but the way of reaching the new world on the moon was more important than the substance of an ideal...
Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank E. Manuel
Well, you can have your place up in outer space, 'cause my home is where my food is grown
Look up, look down, all around
Spaceboy, you’re sleepy now – Your silhouette is so stationary
Last time I talked to you, you were lonely and out of place - You were looking down on me, lost out in space
In our short years, we come long way, to treat it bad and throw it - And if we make a little space, a science fiction showcase
Space guy fell from the sky - Scratched my head and wondered why
Space may be the final frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement