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1. Arjuna+(OP)[view] [source] 2014-04-18 20:48:25
I'll start by saying that I didn't down-vote you, either. I appreciate the feedback that you have been giving our community in recent weeks.

That said, I have said the following before, but I will repeat it here. These launches are important, in a time when, "[...] in the U.S., I think there has been an under-current feeling for the last several years, that could perhaps be paraphrased as, "Where are we heading, as a nation?" I think it is easy for us to lose touch with the pulse of the nation when we are head-down in code at a start-up or elsewhere, but I think this feeling is real. So, this is perhaps at the root of at least some of this passion and excitement. It perhaps affirms, in some way to us, that the collective "We" are still builders." [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4024834

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2. Brando+p1[view] [source] 2014-04-18 21:03:31
>>Arjuna+(OP)
I tend to agree. Shoot, even Hollywood, sees it. Watch this trailer for an upcoming space movie ... it's all scenes from the US's early spaceflight successes, accompanied by Matthew McConaughey saying we shouldn't believe all our best accomplishments are behind us. If this is how smart marketers are advertising the movie, it's a safe bet it's on many peoples' minds.

http://www.interstellar-movie.com/

3. threes+G9[view] [source] 2014-04-18 23:18:40
>>Arjuna+(OP)
This isn't a US only site so do we really need the "USA is exceptional" rhetoric ? It actually cheapens the importance of these launches. And I have to agree that not every little launch should be posted but absolutely important moments in the SpaceX journey (which I believe this is).
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4. Arjuna+ra[view] [source] [discussion] 2014-04-18 23:31:38
>>threes+G9
This isn't a US only site so do we really need the "USA is exceptional" rhetoric ?

Please kindly read my entire previous comment (the one in the link that I provided in the text that you are responding to)... note that I said that I was, "Speaking as an American, here [...]" before I said the quoted text. I believe that the context of my entire previous comment is important.

Respectfully, your interpretation is incorrect. That was not my intention at all, and it does not represent the type of person that I am.

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