I said: It takes many, many people and the support of many more to create a space program. What is interesting to me about the space race is the human element - the patriotism of it, the unification of the nation, the emotion and hope and dreams tied up in it. While those first men were on the moon, 600 million people below them were watching the footage. YET very few individuals are involved in the space program, few go in space and even fewer are known for it. Being on the moon must be the ultimate in insolation. Part of being human, in the form it currently takes, is existence on earth. Space travel is therefore automatically super-human, or transhuman, if you will. It is about exploring part of the universe that humans cannot currently survive in, where there are currently no other humans or vestiges of life as we know it. It is the abandonment of humanity. The search for immortality, and most things regarding "futurescience" are about moving past humanity...
Julie responded that in her astronaut research she discovered that astronauts in fact say the opposite, that being on the moon is the ultimate feeling of connection to humanity and the earth and mankind. (Julie, can we hear this footage??)
How fascinating, then, that perhaps the ultimate in human experience exists millions of miles away from humanity?
Julie responded that in her astronaut research she discovered that astronauts in fact say the opposite, that being on the moon is the ultimate feeling of connection to humanity and the earth and mankind. (Julie, can we hear this footage??)
How fascinating, then, that perhaps the ultimate in human experience exists millions of miles away from humanity?
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I have the astronaut interviews on my computer and will have them at rehearsal. I'll see about putting them up on the blog for the future listening. If you like, I can make a CD of the interviews to take home if you like. We've been using some of them in rehearsal and I think it would be great to get them on ipods so we can really use the audio in improvs (a la astronauts reading Genesis recounted by Liz & Maesie).
It is a strange thing to think about how few people go into space and yet how many people are working to put those individuals in space. In a way it's the opposite of drugs: many people using somehing made/researched by very few. Perhaps not so relevant...
yes, please! thank you.
sort of relevant i think. mind blowing experiences and all... oh, dear.
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