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    I kind of get it. I wish it was "eat better, move more", though. I could just be eating less jalapeño poppers otherwise.

    "Eat less, move more" is the equivalent of those people who show up on every diet article and quote Michael Pollan. Pollan's directive is not wrong, per se, but as advice for people, it's so broad that it's basically useless. (And both become even less cut-and-dry when you factor in exercise.)

    Then as now, society views scientists as nerdy and pilots as macho. The two seemed mutually exclusive yet NASA's original problem is that astronauts need to be both. Hard to find back when a degree was not a requirement for most careers. By showing that aerospace really was dangerous they put the field on top of…

    I feel like both are badass in their own respects- One shows men about to be launched either into greatness or death, and they face it with courage. The other shows that we have fine-tuned space travel enough that it is fun and a way for astronauts to live out their childhood dreams. These men are not the pioneers…

    I think you mean, "This is awesome, how far we've come."