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    name: Peter Molnar
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in-reply-to: https://rubenerd.com/russia-withdraws-from-the-iss/
published: '2022-07-28T07:49:08.437735+00:00'

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Yes. I felt and feel the same, and the current news are the saddest step
backwards in my lifetime so far.

I somewhat also feel the same about the Concorde. That thing was a
symbol of engineering, and while it was full of issues, abandoning the
whole class still feels like we simply gave up on forward looking
engineering and decided to polish what we have.

Two thoughts and recommendation: The End of Eternity[^1] from Isaac
Asimov, and what happens when humanity always takes the safe and comfy
route; and a movie, The Arrow[^2] "The right stuff, the wrong time".


[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Eternity
[^2]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118641/