10 Astronauts Who Became Pop Icons
Being an astronaut may not sound like such a dream job nowadays as it has done in the past—but there was once a time when almost every child dreamed of shuttling into space.
The space race between the USSR and the USA—not to mention countless blockbuster space films—created a popular conception of astronauts as some of the most heroic, intrepid, and glamorous people in the world. This list will attempt to rank the ten most famous, inspirational, and influential astronauts of all time, who each changed the course of history by breaking down one or another of humankind’s barriers.
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Pawel Kuczynski
Amazing each n every picture
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"The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing."
— Herodotus
"A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy."
— Aldous Huxley
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Y’know, math is really just a less fun kind of physics…
I kid, each discipline has its own pro’s and con’s - but to not respect the relationship between mathematics and physics is the same as to not understand either.
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probably one of the most honest statements about talent i’ve ever heard. i try to tell people this all the time.
yup pretty much
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