Alan Bean would probably approve: “But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.”
Dear Moon
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#122You can follow him on Twitter: @yousuck2020
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#123Wouldn't it be easier to train astronauts to be artists than to train artists to be astronauts?
NASA chose to train scientists to be astronauts for the later moon missions:
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#124What a shame that such a unique opportunity is wasted on such a mediocre curator. This nouveau-rich collector could have sent a curator of renown in his place rather than making the project all about himself. Aside from the fact that he obviously lacks experience or any actual taste, it's widely considered unacceptable for any curator to highlight themselves in their work in this way. The exhibition is and should be…
I cannot fathom why you find it so necessary to constrain discovery.
None of us knows what these artists will create after their flight. You think they'll do nothing beyond what they've done before. I think they might be inspired in ways we can't foresee.
I'm pleased those who are in position to do this are doing it. Maybe it'll be a bust. Maybe nothing new will come of it. Maybe they'll all die in a fireball at launch or during re-entry. Maybe the resulting art will eclipse Picasso.
Whatever the result, I'm deeply grateful to everyone involved in this.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
> it's widely considered unacceptable for any curator to highlight themselves in their work in this way So then he's not a curator but a patron. There's entire wings of galleries dedicated to portraits of patrons of the arts. You make some good points but your framing of art as some kind of system with established rules, more than just heaving out your opinion on it just isn't reality.
Yup, and it's vulgar and deserves to be condemned. Moreover, museums don't allow the donors to curate the exhibitions, and artists do not mention their patrons in their work. Art is in fact a system with established rules, which reflect good sense, and this collector is very much operating within that framework, just tastelessly.
> Moreover, museums don't allow the donors to curate the exhibitions, and artists do not mention their patrons in their work.
Portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492-1519). Raphael
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/raffaello-sanzio-cal...
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#126I almost cried
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
For those missing the reference: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck Ben Affleck, talking to Michael Bay about the movie Armageddon, in which oil drillers are sent to an asteroid to drill a hole in it, drop a nuclear bomb into the hole, and then detonate that bomb: >I asked Michael (Bay) why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers. He told…
Actually for Apollo 17 it was found to be easier to train a geologist to be an astronaut than the other way around.
I guess as long as a high enough percentage of the crew are flight people, you can teach someone else to not get in the way too much?
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which Elon project has failed?
We will know the results of the Thai rescue operation shortly when the lawsuit comes to an end
The lawsuit is completely unrelated to the rescue operation, and the rescue operation was never a Musk project.
FWIW all the people trapped in the cave were rescued.
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#129What a shame that such a unique opportunity is wasted on such a mediocre curator. This nouveau-rich collector could have sent a curator of renown in his place rather than making the project all about himself. Aside from the fact that he obviously lacks experience or any actual taste, it's widely considered unacceptable for any curator to highlight themselves in their work in this way. The exhibition is and should be…
Yeah, well, it's his money to spend.
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#130Simply awe inspiring. A moon shot in true sense.