Quote of the day by Frank Borman “Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.”

There’s a phenomenon astronauts often describe called the Overview Effect. It’s that radical shift in perspective you get when you see Earth from space. Borders disappear. The squabbles that consumed your attention down on the surface suddenly look ridiculous. You realize, in your bones rather than just your head, that we’re all on the same rock spinning through a void.

I’ve never been to space. Most of us haven’t. But you can catch a faint version of that feeling sometimes. Lying in a field on a clear night.