‘From out there on the Moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scru of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, “Look at that, you son of a bitch.”’ Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut - ThreadSky

sharonk.bsky.social • 10 days ago

‘From out there on the Moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scru of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, “Look at that, you son of a bitch.”’

Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut

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titaniumman91.bsky.social•10 days ago

I can't imagine how humbling that would be, but I don't get why that's not just the default these days. I haven't lived the most interesting life, but I've met people from multiple countries and every continent and we all want the shut; a job that needs doing, fair compensation, and some relaxation.

eawalton75.bsky.social•10 days ago

Even from here, it all seems so stupidly pointless. Killing each other for money, land, power that no one can hang onto, and there's not even any enjoyment in it of the point is just to take it.

diazcarrete.bsky.social•10 days ago

I've never understood that feeling. I don't get why seeing Earth from afar should change anything in your politics.

(Disclaimer: I haven't been to the Moon.)

textygirlredux.bsky.social•9 days ago

Because we see that we are inhabiting one planet, no borders.

kevtalk.bsky.social•10 days ago

Seeing the totality of humanity in one image wouldn't change your perspective on things?

diazcarrete.bsky.social•10 days ago

It's not as if it would reveal any new fact about the world, would it? We already know that the Earth is a tiny speck in a Universe otherwise hostile to human life.

kevtalk.bsky.social•10 days ago

We know it as an observable fact. But to experience that fact would be something else entirely, I imagine. Or we could try dosing the municipal water supply with shrooms and see if that works 🤷

zomneydomnitz.bsky.social•10 days ago

From the grave, same.

honoranddecency.bsky.social•10 days ago

Is this from the book entitled, "Raw Truth Quotes You Didn't Learn in School?" Probably on the book ban list compiled by Moms for Liberty as it calls out both themselves and their scalawag sons.

josephzander.bsky.social•9 days ago

I just the other day read an attack on this idea.

floydadatxjoe.bsky.social•10 days ago

If only.......

mikedavis.bsky.social•10 days ago

Mitchell got into parapsychology after his flight! Allegedly the CIA's vessel for directing cash to Uri Geller, if you believe that sort of thing.

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