'We leave as we came' - Gene Cernan 1934-2017

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https://www.nasa.gov/astronautprofiles/cernan

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MarshPhantom said:

Shame he's gone, but plenty of people do dangerous jobs. Looking back, the moon landings just appear to be a bit of pointless willy-waving by the Yanks.

It's the same basic human instinct/desire that got your tribal ancestors out of their cave 1,000,000 years ago and one of the reasons we're not wrapped up in bits of clingfilm in supermarkets being eaten by something else.