I'm a bit suspicious, as it were, of "religious experiences", or other forms of "transcendence". But I can't help but feel, whenever I see a satellite lift off, or a manned mission, that this is what humanity should be doing, this is what our potential is. Not merely to fly and be free from the wars and conflicts of earth, but to quite literally leave the cradle, the first baby steps of a future not bound to a very unstable planet on which we live, as it were, on the edge of a knife.
I don't think that there is any "for worse" in this. For all our faults, all our foibles, this is something that we should and could unite around. It's the very best of what we are: the curiosity, the inventiveness, the desire to explore and the willingness to risk all in pursuit of knowledge. This is the highest of our being made manifest in physical actions, liberated from superstition and ignorance, chaos and fear. Imperfect, as all such things are, but also more perfect than that which has come before.
I will say it, as it must be said: Dex, you are part of the vast machinery, the people behind the lights, who make these triumphs possible, and as such, I think we owe you and all the others like you, a debt of gratitude.
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