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I already posted this yesterday but it is an extraordinary picture that I need to reshare. Tony Yap, a Caltech grad student, is showing Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 16 astronaut, a sample that he (Tony) is currently measuring zinc isotopes on. The sample was collected by Harrison Schmitt. From the moon.

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I didn’t comment yesterday because I felt kind of silly but seeing that photo gives me all the feels. There’s science and exploration and the future and the past all rolled up in one simple image. Lets that silly little thing called hope poke its nose out of hiding for a bit.