the first space fact i ever learned was when i was really young (younger than 5yrs?) and it was either:
spaghettification – the act of objects being pulled into a line of atoms when being sucked into a black hole
how Charon, one of Pluto’s moons, was ripped apart by an impact with an object and it managed to pull itself back together like some amazing franken-moon
i can’t remember which i learned first, but i know it was one of those two
have y’all seen that nasa pic of the earth with the sun behind it on the night time side it really really fucked me up my own soul became solid and like………….. weeped!
who wouldn’t see this and then look deeply into their own emotional playing field to see what improvements could be made purely inspired by the vulnerable earth. this is the face of all literal gods
That’s actually called the Overview Effect– something experienced by some astronauts that makes them see that “from space, national boundaries vanish, the conflicts that divide people become less important, and the need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect this “pale blue dot” becomes both obvious and imperative”.
We really need to send a few people in space. Now.
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