Whether watching something as sophisticated and complex as astronauts orbiting the moon, returning to a spacecraft and then back to earth, or observing trapeze artists somersault through the air, it is the danger, it is the risk of harm that holds our attention. We hardly need to justify spending billions and billions on the former because it evokes the same kind of high and kick as the latter. And as our culture's best and brightest, we love to toast each other for our incredible, modern achievements, when after all, we merely acted-out our thirst for thrills.
Whether watching something as sophisticated and complex as astronauts orbiting the moon, returning to a spacecraft and then back to earth, or observing trapeze artists somersault through the air, it is the danger, it is the risk of harm that holds our attention. We hardly need to justify spending billions and billions on the former because it evokes the same kind of high and kick as the latter. And as our culture's best and brightest, we love to toast each other for our incredible, modern achievements, when after all, we merely acted-out our thirst for thrills.