We all live on this rock. Floating through space.
Anyone who doesn’t want to spend more time looking out is someone with something in their closet you don’t want to look in.
Ad Astra per Aspera
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2024
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"To thorns, to stars"?..
well, I think he meant: Per aspera ad astra
just remember that almost all older languages had fewer nouns and verbs, so "thorns" here is referring to difficulty and obstruction
so more meaningfully translated, this old Latin saying is closer to "through great treachery is the path to the stars"
Yes, I know the saying, just was a bit unkind
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Ad Astra Per Aspera
Going for the Starfleet quote, sorry my Latin is lacking
Yes, that's right
theythey have the qote mixed up its Ad Astra Per Aspare, To the stars through dificalties... you see it everywhere in Kansas
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Don't worry guys, the US Space Force will make sure they are prevented from entering space.
They must have made some huge advances since the last time I checked in on them because they haven't exactly been considered sophisticated in the art of rocketry for a couple centuries now. They first had a person in space in 2003 and they're still using the same Shenzou line of rockets since that time. They've had some controversies about where their boosters are landing and covering people with Hydrazine which is also an outdated fuel type, imo.
Yeah you missed the part where they have a fucking space station and a growing private sector of reusable launch vehicles that are copying SpaceX.
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