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What would make the front page of a newspaper that only came out every 50 years? I had this thought experiment on my mind when my – arguably a bit shorter – break from writing this newsletter came to a close. Though I haven't been offline for the past four weeks, I followed what happened in the world much more loosely than I usually would. So, looking back, what appears most important, most profound of everything that happened while I was away from keyboard? It has to be the Artemis mission, around the moon and back, further than any human has ever traveled from Earth. Specifically for the images it created and the conversations it sparked.All images from NASA, Public Domain. More images from the mission.I mean: How can you look at these images and not be in complete awe and wonder of the beautiful, precious planet we get to live on?Upasna Gautam captured it like this:It’s not a coincidence that the astronauts who’ve traveled further than any human don’t talk like they know…

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