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US concerned NASA will be overtaken by China's space program (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

"To thorns, to stars"?..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yes, I know the saying, just was a bit unkind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Going for the Starfleet quote, sorry my Latin is lacking

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yes, that's right

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

theythey have the qote mixed up its Ad Astra Per Aspare, To the stars through dificalties... you see it everywhere in Kansas

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Why in Kansas? EDIT: Oh, googled it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

State Motto... do not ask me why it is the state motto, because I have absolutly no Idea

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

"Just keep going"