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Neil's death doesn't make me sad, he died peacefully and his death was inevitable.
What wasn't inevitable was the decline in space exploration. The rise in apathy of space by the general public. The fact that we could have men and women permanently on Mars by now EASILY if we cared more about it than wanting bigger cars and bigger houses. The economy should be grown to make us better, stronger, more knowledgeable and more expansive as a civilisation rather than the other way around.
Maybe after Global warming has fucked the planet over a new generation will come that realises this world is fragile and that humanity's growth must be directed outwards, to expand, and that growing inwards will never allow us to reach our full potential. Maybe then we'll realise we cannot depend on one planet to sustain our species, and we'll see the only way to grow and expand is up.
And we'll be angry at ourselves that it took such extreme circumstances to realise this. But then they'll remember Apollo, and remember that for just one small moment, humanity almost touched the stars, and they'll be inspired to do it again