Judaism and Science

Lunar Base Armstrong: Material Science Log

Terran Date: July 11, 2041. Lunar Time Zone 18.

It never gets old. It just never gets old.

As I sit here looking at the VisScreen, I see my home planet. On average, it’s about 384,400 kilometers(238,835 miles) away, and from here, without a high-powered telescope, I cannot make out any human-made objects. What I can see though is what Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean called a “beautiful sphere,” white from clouds, blue from the massive seas, some yellow, tan, and green.  When the first settlers arrive on Mars, they will barely be able to see Terra (what we used to call Earth) at all. I am blessed.