Comment on US concerned NASA will be overtaken by China's space program
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
We all live on this rock. Floating through space.
Anyone who doesn’t want to spend more time looking out is someone with something in their closet you don’t want to look in.
Ad Aspera Ad Astra
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
“To thorns, to stars”?..
orrk@lemmy.world 8 months ago
well, I think he meant: Per aspera ad astra
just remember that almost all older languages had fewer nouns and verbs, so “thorns” here is referring to difficulty and obstruction
so more meaningfully translated, this old Latin saying is closer to “through great treachery is the path to the stars”
intensely_human@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I mean it’s not that hard to recognize “thorns” meaning difficulty and obstruction.
But as I’m saying this, I remember that younger generations didn’t spend time outside as kids. So they may never have pushed through a thicket of thorns.
Eventually, we’ll have people who’ve lived their entire lives in zero-G, and they won’t have an intuitive understanding of the feelings implied by the phrase “stand up for oneself”. They won’t understand the state of motivation versus fatigue implied by “holding one’s chin up”, that the posture of one’s body was a function of the interplay between gravity and dopamine.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ok so the Starfleet quote is “Ad Astra per Aspera”. Should it be Per Aspera ad Astra? Asking for Latin grammar lessons
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Yes, I know the saying, just was a bit unkind
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Going for the Starfleet quote, sorry my Latin is lacking
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Yes, that’s right
CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Why in Kansas?
CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
State Motto… do not ask me why it is the state motto, because I have absolutly no Idea