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all the feels
Today is the 3rd day of the 46th week, the 14th day of the 11th month, the 318th day of 2017, and:
- International Girls Day
- International Selfie Day
- Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
- National American Teddy Bear Day
- National Pickle Day
- National Spicy Guacamole Day
- National Young Readers' Day
- Operating Room Nurse Day
- Spirit of National Speakers Association Day
- World Diabetes Day
On this day :
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile -- but modern historians give the credit to the Jesuit Pedro Páez, who gave a vivid account of the source of the Nile in Ethiopia.
1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
1886 – Friedrich Soennecken first developed the hole puncher, a type of office tool capable of punching small holes in paper.
1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
1969 – NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
1971 – Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
1972 - the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1,000 for the first time, ending the day at 1,003.16.
1978 – France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
A researcher spent time watching people lean on plinths, feel hieroglyphics, and fist-bump statues in order to understand why we touch exhibits. It was an interesting article, bit of a long read, and commented on the need for humans to engage their sense of feel at times in order to connect with the history or art. There is a tension between preservation and enjoyment – who hasn’t gone to see something only to be disappointed to find out that they can only view part of it from a distance? And there are treasures, such as the Palaeolithic cave paintings in Lascaux Cave near Montignac, France, that are no longer even open to the public. Not that there isn’t good reason for this protectiveness given that there are always those who seem to be willing to wantonly destroy treasures
Some years ago, the first time Frank, Tom, and I went to the Kennedy Space Center, I experienced this need in a very profound way. We spent the day there, taking the historical tours, clicking our cameras, watching the films and lectures, wandering about. Although we touched the moon rock on display, the impact of that was minimal – too many hands had worn it smooth and it didn’t feel like a moon rock [that said without knowing how a moon rock is supposed to feel after all]. Three experiences from that trip stand out in my memory: First, the thickness of the tiny windows in the concrete bunker where the first rockets were tested – the scientists used to peer out those windows and watch the flame underneath the rockets, adjusting the fuel mix until the color looked right before launch. Second, the command center that guided astronauts to the moon – I remember seeing that on TV and it looked so …. high tech! But in person and decades later, it looked shabby and thrown together. The guide pointed out that we had home PCs that were more powerful than the wall of computer we faced – and there were places where the wires had been spliced together with duct tape – and we sent men to the moon using that. And last, the Apollo 14 command module. It is on display and encased with a clear acrylic shell for preservation. While the guide was talking, Frank [who was very observant], tapped my shoulder then pulled both Tom and I away from the front of the display to the back where he was standing and pointed. There was a tiny gap between the acrylic plates where they overlapped, just large enough to wriggle a fiber through and actually touch the capsule. Actually touch something that had been to the moon and back! We were thrilled beyond measure. A couple years later, we took my daughter and the gap was still there and she got to touch it too, but then when we returned again, the gap had been repaired and the opportunity lost. I’m sure the module is being carefully preserved and I am glad for that, but I mourn that my granddaughters will not have that same moment of connection. At what point are things so well protected that they can no longer be enjoyed?
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