Categories: Rants; Experiences and daily life; Human nature
Word count/read time: 370 words; 1-1/2 minutes
It would be easy to think we were landing on the moon with the recent Artemis mission.
Every story says it's going
to the moon. It's not. It didn't even get close enough for orbit.
By that logic I've "been" to every country,
city, town, and hamlet.
Let's continue with that theme.
First black person to see the far side of the moon.
First woman to see the dark side. First Canadian to see the
dark side. First astronaut named Reid
to see the dark side. There must be at least 100,000 records when you consider all the parameters!
Then there's the farthest distance from earth for any human. Again, at least 1000 more records there.
The diversity of the crew? Basic math says there are another 10,000 ways to create a new record.
Most powerful rocket? It was apparently necessary with this payload
but is there some passive-aggressive significance other than having more thrust?
Fastest re-entry speed. Fastest speed in a spacecraft.
Again, not so noteworthy other than being a larger number than before.
How is it a "record" that it's the first mission towards
the moon in 54 years? Everything's a first, everything's a record, you just need a politician to
spin it.
I suppose the space agency needs to cater to the short attention span
of social media and phone addicts. Make it a headline, create stupid records.
Did the Guinness Book of World Records certify
any of them?
It's the equivalent of a person who lacks any self-esteem
and self-worth screaming for attention, begging for someone to listen to their
pointless ramblings.
In case anyone has forgotten history, basically none of this is revolutionary.
The misplaced arrogance, undeserved acclaim, and self-aggrandizing should be tempered
by the fact that it was done WAY better more than 50 years ago, by the equivalent
of technological Neanderthals, who repeatedly landed on the moon!
The scientists should be ashamed of their petty accomplishments, not jubilant.
Still, I would rather them
spend billions on a decades-long space program, which benefits mankind, than piss away many times
that amount in a week on the
Iran war replete with myriad war crimes and untold misery. In that context it is immeasurably a record.
Posted by M: May 13, 2026
Please email any thoughts or comments regarding this post.
Comment Section
NOTE: Your comments will be included in this section
as long as they aren't illegal. This section is censor-free so show me
your intelligence or ignorance and everything in between!
|
2026
It's a Record
Crock Crack Pot
Oxyhydrogen Welder
Sizing a Ring
Ductile and Malleable, NOT!
New Jewelry Rings
Which Jewelry Metal Is Best?
My New Phone
Silver's Wild Ride
Synthetic Gemstones
Breath of Fresh Air
No More Room
Review: Commarker Titan 1
Pesky Descriptors
Top Purchases 2025
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
|