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UmbralRaptor t1_iuomadn wrote

Why do you keep on asking variants of this question and then deleting the posts?

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kvossera t1_iuomz83 wrote

Too materialistic? No.

There’s not a collective pressure like beating the Russians to the moon to rally behind.

Space exploration hasn’t stopped. The James Webb telescope is sending back absolutely incredible images of the universe. Manned missions are still happening to the ISS and in part thanks to that we are learning an the limitations of the human body and just how ill equipped we are when it comes to extended space travel. The scientists / astronauts on ISS lose muscle mass even with extremely vigorous workouts. Our circulatory system is designed to work with / against gravity so in zero G it has to work harder yet it’s a muscle and can have muscle loss.

You can’t simplify it by saying we are too materialistic or selfish. The 80’s (when I was little) was hella materialistic and selfish yet we still had teachers showing nasa rocket launches during school.

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AdTemporary5005 t1_iuoqykg wrote

I was obsessed with space as a child until they showed us the challenger launch in school 😳😢 Still was intrigued by it but definitely squashed my dreams of interplanetary exploration.

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Soapspear t1_iuonw2a wrote

I’ve been wanting to play Mass Effect since it’s free on game pass. Might check it out now!

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Dude_Illigence_ t1_iuoqzxq wrote

Personally I've just become resigned to the fact that I will never visit space since I'm not a billionaire nor friends with one. JWST is sending back some nice desktop backgrounds, but otherwise why should I care? We might colonize the moon, but it won't affect my life at all. It's like how there might be aliens out there: it doesn't actually matter to 99.9999% of people's lives

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Torrall t1_iuomh6o wrote

We are no more materialistic than we ever have been lol. Please, go get some psychiatric help. Not saying you're crazy, or broken, or whatever but clearly something is not clicking right for you. Have a good day.

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aaronwcampbell t1_iuomy4i wrote

I'm sorry, I tried to read your post but I couldn't because my brain kept saying, WHAT?! How can people not be excited and inspired by space exploration right now? Whoever they are needs to look around and see all the cool stuff that's happening!

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Dude_Illigence_ t1_iuor9c3 wrote

For most people it's just a "huh, neat." continues scrolling

Myself included

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aaronwcampbell t1_iuos7o4 wrote

Instead of just scrolling, you should do your due diligence. 😁

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kvossera t1_iup2i5o wrote

I mean. I’m not doing a deep dive into the Kardashians even tho they get some people hella excited.

There’s new stuff about quantum computing that just do not understand and can’t get my ADHD brain to pay attention to. It’s okay to not be super obsessed with space.

I still ask people what their favorite dinosaur is and most people don’t know or care. That’s okay.

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aaronwcampbell t1_iupgw1g wrote

Good point; just because something has a fan base doesn't mean it's worth doing a deep dive on.

Out of curiosity, what is your favorite dinosaur?

Mine is the ankylosaur. I know that's a pretty basic elementary-school answer, but I'm okay with that. Science has come a long way since I was in elementary school, so perhaps it's time I dip my toe in a bit and learn what's new.

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kvossera t1_iuq1xht wrote

I love all ceratopsian dinosaurs: Triceratops, Centrosaurus, and Styracosaurus. There’s so many more that I find fascinating like stegosaurus - what’s up with the plates?! But the ceratopsian dinosaurs are just so wild, they look so different yet the nasal horns that some have look so much like rhinoceros… in fact they all kind of look like rhinoceroses. Just delightful, and all but one species roamed on the west coast of America, I’m on the East coast and unfortunately due to how the Appalachian mountain range formed there’s literally nothing from Devonian to late Ordovician period which absolutely blows because I was obsessed with dinosaurs growing up, still am.

So yeah, I’ve studied dinosaurs, and other eras in the worlds past. One of the happiest times was when I finally got to visit the la Brea tar pits after having watched a movie about prehistoric mega fauna and wanting so badly to get to work in the “fishbowl” in the museum. I didn’t get to explore it as much as I wanted to but it was bliss.

Ha. Sorry for rambling. I get excited about it and want to get others excited. I think it’s crazy that adults don’t talk about or have favorite dinosaurs like we would have when we were kids.

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aaronwcampbell t1_iuq3uud wrote

The only dinosaurs adults seem to get excited about these days are political figures! 🥁🥁🛎️

Seriously though, I get what you mean. My friend's son has been obsessed with cephalopods since he was a little boy. He been certain of what he wants to do since then, and this year he's graduating with a degree in marine biology. He got me hooked (pun unintended) and now I get excited about the wonderfully strange world of our oceans. Did you know that sharks are older that the rings of Saturn? That just blows my mind.

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kvossera t1_iuq65oc wrote

Yassssssssss sharks are older than trees. I’m also pretty into ocean life as well

I was also really into orca whales in Jr High. There’s some pods with only a few members living next to pods with dozens and they’re separated by culture or the very few members of one pod of orcas that strategically beach themselves to catch seals. That behavior is taught to younger orcas and not all those who try stick with it and continue to practice / actually hunt that way. it’s beautiful to watch

this kinda goes into how they teach each other.

And gah!!!!!! Ask your friend’s son if he knows why there’s more fossil evidence of octopuses than of squid…. It’s because squid have higher levels of uric acid in their body to help them be buoyant, whereas octopuses “walk” along the sea floor. So if conditions weren’t just right the bodies of squid break down faster than octopuses bodies do so a smaller window to even have conditions to create a fossil never mind that the fossil could be destroyed during any of the millions of years between then and now.

I’m autistic so I’ve been a ravenous information sponge for so many different topics

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WyrmHero1944 t1_iuong8n wrote

Love For All Mankind, did you watch Interstellar?

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novelexistence t1_iuoqa04 wrote

Taking your personal experiences and then broadly using them to interpret the behavior of the masses isn't very useful frame work for discussion. You're dealing with your own existential angst and making conclusions that aren't accurate to how society actually functions.

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