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Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Message to the future
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| October 25, 2012
| Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Posted on 03/27/2013 10:25:17 PM PDT by StarfireIV
Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Message to the future
(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Education; History; Science
KEYWORDS: governmentwaste; nasa; spaceexploration
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks or work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea..."
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To: StarfireIV
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posted on
03/27/2013 10:29:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: F15Eagle
Honestly, I stumbled upon this on my Roku box. I’m thankful that I did.
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posted on
03/27/2013 10:33:17 PM PDT
by
StarfireIV
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: StarfireIV
Wow, what he said!
And then you realize, despair has become the new normal.
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posted on
03/27/2013 10:49:22 PM PDT
by
Monitor
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
To: StarfireIV
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posted on
03/27/2013 10:58:44 PM PDT
by
Rocky
(Obama is pure evil.)
To: Monitor
...despair has become the new normal.
Another socialist success story.
To: StarfireIV
He doesn’t mean teach, but indoctrinate. He’s not impressive.
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posted on
03/28/2013 3:47:46 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: StarfireIV
The problem is that there is only THE space program, which makes an easy hostage for venal politicians. If there were many, privately funded space projects, we wouldn’t have this problem.
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posted on
03/28/2013 6:14:58 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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