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Originally Posted by ZenGum
I sometimes ask students who the first man on the moon was. About 75% know it.
Then I ask who the second man was. ..... ..... ..... maybe 2%.
Poor Buzz Aldrin. He even got a Movie character named after him, and still no one knows him |
People in general have a small threshhold for boredom. That's not an argument against it.
Do you think people will remember the name of the first person to lead a permanent base on the moon? I suspect they would. How about the first people to visit Mars? First mayor of Luna City?
People remember firsts. That's just human nature. Let's keep on making more firsts.
But my sincere thanks and congratulations go to the people who keep on slogging in between the firsts -- and make the firsts possible.