re: #76 DesertDenizen

The Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia tragedies didn’t stop us. Space will be dangerous for the foreseeable future, but that shouldn’t deter our exploration.

Remember Ferdinand Magellan?

Left Spain with 5 ships and 270 men. One ship made it home and 19 survivors.

Didn’t stop other explorers.

I’m thinking that this interest in exploring is exaggerated in European cultures. Probably has something to do with the intense competition during the Renaissance. Every city-state and nation was trying to one up on the others.

China tried once, to my knowledge. But internal politics killed that.