Hello World
Well here goes, my very first post in geminispace. As a kid I was enthralled with the early space program, growing up my dreamt of suborbital hops in my X15 and circumnavigating the globe all alone in my Mercury capsule. Somehow Gemini is the program that seems to get lost between Mercury and Apollo, which is a shame because it accomplished so much.
Poll Results
1. Mercury
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2. Gemini
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3. Apollo
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4. Vostock
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5. Soyuz
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5 votes were cast.
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Feb 24 · 4 months ago · 👋 2
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i am not sure i like the name gemini, and this whole idea of being in between of mercury and apollo, like in between of gopher and http.
it sort of assumes that http is more contemporary and accomplished, and it also feels somehow american-patriotic.
i am not sure i can perceive a space mission as an achievement of the world, or humanity, i perceive it as achievement of this or that state, with its political agenda.
while to me gemini space and protocol is not about states, not about big players or achievements. it's about humble weak basement servers, old computers that not need to struggle running tons of js on any website.
still, i voted for gemini.
can't vote for soyuz or vostok because of traumas i got from ussr, but i assume some people got traumatized by usa.
one other reason against usage of usa space program name for an international grassroots movement.
— Earth alienation: Hannah Arendt on outer space.
skylab *bongo*
because single piece that weights 500 tons is mindblowing for its time
After the abrupt end, all the work product of the Apollo program was destroyed. Much of the photo and video has been 'lost' or 'reconstructed' by Pixar. The feat of sending people to the moon was never repeated.
If I was a skeptic, I'd say the entire program was fake, and the movie 'Capricorn One' was a bold whistle-blowing effort. In fact, I am a skeptic.
But I do enjoy the space theme of this community.
And welcome, from the nut gallery I am representing today, apparently.
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