NASA formula, can someone decipher

[John Keith]

(04-20-2020 10:21 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  When men first walked on the moon in 1969, the world was as one. Wouldn't it be wonderful if that happened again now (the world being as one again, that is), spurred on by how to defeat this pandemic?

It would indeed be wonderful, but in 1969 the world was not exactly "as one". The moon landing and the rest of the "space race" were part of the rivalry between the US and the USSR. Both nations had an overabundance of nuclear missiles pointed at each other and political intrigue occurring around the world.

The divisions between nations and ideologies today may not be as stark as during the Cold War but they are many and there is much instability in the world. I certainly hope that the pandemic will bring people together but sadly that doesn't seem to be happening at the moment.