المكوك أتلانتس ينطلق برحلته الأخيرة للفضاء

Its very sad to see the world occupied with local pety affairs when mankind should be funding and exploring outer space and our existence in the universe and the wonders it holds for us to explore.

looking at other side of things i say to myself well at least those nations got a man to the moon and built a space station with their money and there are those out there a rare few who are truly working for a better future, and then i look back at our fellow arab neighbor monkeys and i say to myself what have you done while sitting on the goldmine of the world free money coming out of the ground just for you!, and I see a 10 million dollar Lamborghini custom painted with diamonds, and i get my answer.

And then i dream if only a quarter of that amount gone to young educated teams and individuals from the region with a vision for a better future, alas i'm a dreamer.

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By way of example, you might be interested to know that it is a Lebanese who runs the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech in Pasadena California. JPL is the institution charged with the most daring space exploration to such places as Mars, comet rendezvous, Jupiter, Europa moon and beyond.

So, if I may humbly ask you not to give up on your dream, because it is worthy. It can and will be realized by unleashing the strength of each citizen. And this can happen only if the dark forces and the culture of death that plague a large portion of the Lebanese population are replaced with democracy, love of science, and the love of life.

Anonym:

Thanks for a nice post (except for the part about the “monkeys” ).

You’d be amazed how many dreamers from the region with different backgrounds have excelled when given opportunities to leverage their intelligence, skills, work ethics and motivation. Placed in some of the highest positions within NASA in the United States, they decide the vision and roadmap for the future space exploration for all humanity, and to the earth science missions to learn about our own planet. Egyptians, Jordanians, Lebanese, Syrian, UAE nationals, and so on do, working side by side with colleagues from all over the progressive world and making wonders as they are given the opportunity and placed in the right environment.
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