• backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
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    Thousands of men do the same, every day, and they deserve recognition even if they neither want it or get it. Humanity can’t comprehend its own mass, so the occasional exceptional member becomes the focus of attention. This mission is plagued by the politics of American exceptionalism, “been there, done that”, and its own problems. Despite our advances and technology and Hollywood, still isn’t that easy to send a human around the moon.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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      Humanity can’t comprehend its own mass

      If we can’t fathom the billions of miles between the stars, how could we possibly fathom billions of humans existing?