are in order! ...and, Sherry, it is not your fault for not knowing about this. I'll explain my thinking there in a minute.
Over 2,000 pounds, a nuclear powered robotic rover has landed on Mars. Stand up proud folks, we did it! It is more difficult than sending up an Earth based rocket and landing on a dime. It is the modern version of the Pyramids or the Great Wall of China, something pretty phenomenal created by Man and "Made in the USA"! No other country could have done this and several have tried. Mars is a harsh teacher. 10:31 PM Pacific Time and what was on television?
Reruns of 2 and 1/2 Men!, maybe the news about the crazy man killer in Milwaukee and the typical crap that is normally on television! What a terrific educational opportunity lost! I could watch pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope all day long. You want poetry, adventure, mystery and violence, you won't get better than that! The television stations could have thrown in some history of the Space Program, a reminder that we began this mission in second place, losing to a Russian dog! They could have run programs touting the civilian benefits of the Space Program but chose not to.
It wasn't "luck" that we did this. It was ten years in the making and the final victory of an eight month voyage and two and a half billion dollars spent! They could have educated us and instead gave us reruns on television! That is sad.
The guy in Milwaukee or that orange hair theater killer should have been back page news, two paragraphs at most. Add up television time at over a half million dollars a minute, add up court costs, time and money and energy. Why do we focus on such b.s. when there are wonderful things, amazing discoveries, incredible achievements to dream about?
Made in the USA! We did it. We should be proud.
Over 2,000 pounds, a nuclear powered robotic rover has landed on Mars. Stand up proud folks, we did it! It is more difficult than sending up an Earth based rocket and landing on a dime. It is the modern version of the Pyramids or the Great Wall of China, something pretty phenomenal created by Man and "Made in the USA"! No other country could have done this and several have tried. Mars is a harsh teacher. 10:31 PM Pacific Time and what was on television?
Reruns of 2 and 1/2 Men!, maybe the news about the crazy man killer in Milwaukee and the typical crap that is normally on television! What a terrific educational opportunity lost! I could watch pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope all day long. You want poetry, adventure, mystery and violence, you won't get better than that! The television stations could have thrown in some history of the Space Program, a reminder that we began this mission in second place, losing to a Russian dog! They could have run programs touting the civilian benefits of the Space Program but chose not to.
It wasn't "luck" that we did this. It was ten years in the making and the final victory of an eight month voyage and two and a half billion dollars spent! They could have educated us and instead gave us reruns on television! That is sad.
The guy in Milwaukee or that orange hair theater killer should have been back page news, two paragraphs at most. Add up television time at over a half million dollars a minute, add up court costs, time and money and energy. Why do we focus on such b.s. when there are wonderful things, amazing discoveries, incredible achievements to dream about?
Made in the USA! We did it. We should be proud.
