What a moving song! Reminds me of the lines from Hope Eyrie: "But we who feel the weight of the wheel, When winter falls over our world, Can hope for tomorrow and raise our eyes, To a silver moon in the open skies"
Now, every place on the Earth's surface where people go can see the Moon at times. The Moon shines on everybody. So on that July morning, when people were watching TV or looking up at the Moon, and knowing that *WE DID IT! WE LANDED ON THE FUCKING MOON!* And I was working at Grumman Aircraft that summer, and I had a green lapel button that resembled the dashboard indicator in the Lander, which would glow when there was weight on all of the landing legs. All Grumman employees got a green button, which we wore and explained with great pride.
People need to look up at the sky more. People need to wonder at "the boundless sight of heaven's height, and the fires on the deep." I don't think the Orbit Hilton or Luna City Marriot will be ready by 2047, when I intend to have my 100th birthday party ...somewhere in space.... (You're invited, of course. Try to live that long!)
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Date: 2023-10-22 06:02 am (UTC)When winter falls over our world,
Can hope for tomorrow and raise our eyes,
To a silver moon in the open skies"
Now, every place on the Earth's surface where people go can see the Moon at times. The Moon shines on everybody. So on that July morning, when people were watching TV or looking up at the Moon, and knowing that *WE DID IT! WE LANDED ON THE FUCKING MOON!* And I was working at Grumman Aircraft that summer, and I had a green lapel button that resembled the dashboard indicator in the Lander, which would glow when there was weight on all of the landing legs. All Grumman employees got a green button, which we wore and explained with great pride.
People need to look up at the sky more. People need to wonder at "the boundless sight of heaven's height, and the fires on the deep." I don't think the Orbit Hilton or Luna City Marriot will be ready by 2047, when I intend to have my 100th birthday party ...somewhere in space.... (You're invited, of course. Try to live that long!)