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Re:James Webb Space Telescope launch [video] by dalrympm on Saturday December 25, 2021 @08:12AM (#29683035)
That was NASA administrator Bill Nelson trying to recreate the awe of the Apollo 8 Genesis reading. A bit out of touch...
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope launch [video] by mulmen on Saturday December 25, 2021 @08:14AM (#29683050)
Even Apollo 8 was inappropriate and NASA has very deliberately avoided those kinds of embarrassments since.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope launch [video] by robwwilliams on Saturday December 25, 2021 @11:48AM (#29684673)
Agreed. It was pompously Abrahamic, evidently as much for political show as a heart-felt expression of wonder. We all do feel the wonder, but let’s avoid the Christmas kitsch and the tacit “God, the father” image he evoked.
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