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		mulmen on Dec 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: James Webb Space Telescope launch [video] Even Apollo 8 was inappropriate and NASA has very deliberately avoided those kinds of embarrassments since.

robwwilliams on Dec 25, 2021 [–]

Agreed. It was pompously Abrahamic, evidently as much for political show as a heart-felt expression of wonder. We all do feel the wonder, but let’s avoid the Christmas kitsch and the tacit “God, the father” image he evoked.

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