Stargazing Guy

Jason Nesmith playing Cmdr. Peter Quincy Taggart (Tim Allen), Galaxy Quest

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The best Star Trek movie never made!

The quote is self-explanatory. Don’t give up when faced with roadblocks or challenges or if you hit problems.

Also have the attitude to not give up and push through hardship. Because if we surrender at the slightest hint of trouble, we’ll never get anything done!

Could be summarised as perserverance:

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Perseverance is a Mars rover that is exploring Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.

Alexander Mather, a 14-year-old seventh-grader who won the ‘Name the Rover’ essay contest organised by NASA said:

“Curiosity. InSight. Spirit. Opportunity. If you think about it, all of these names of past Mars rovers are qualities we possess as humans. We are always curious, and seek opportunity. We have the spirit and insight to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond. But, if rovers are to be the qualities of us as a race, we missed the most important thing. Perseverance. We as humans evolved as creatures who could learn to adapt to any situation, no matter how harsh. We are a species of explorers, and we will meet many setbacks on the way to Mars. However, we can persevere. We, not as a nation but as humans, will not give up. The human race will always persevere into the future.”

Alexander Mather

… as the man said:

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In the meantime, take care of yourself and if you can, someone else, too, because as Adam Smith said, “we naturally desire not only to be loved but to be lovely”.

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