Apollo 8 Plus 40: An Open Letter to Q's Jian Ghomeshi

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Jian,

I was wondering if the text of that speech opening
up today's edition of your show might be posted in its entirety?

That monologue got me thinking.

I was...too young...when Apollo 8 happened,
and so missed out on the fuss and the fun. I remember
reading the Apollo 11 material in _Collier's Encyclopedia_
over and over obsessively as a child, obsessing over
the coverage of Apollo-Soyuz later on in that same childhood.

I feel as if I truly missed out on a Golden Age of
space exploration...although with all the extrasolar
planets now being discovered by astronomers, I'm increasingly
gripped by the sense that I will live and die trapped
*between* golden ages of exploration.

There is at least one way in which I hope I'm wrong
about this, and that Canada will be a self-reliant
leader in the age of exploration yet to come. Specifically,
that I will live long enough to see that next age
arrive and to know it and know at least some of what
it will mean.

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Here's to both of us - and as many others as possible - managing that particular feat. It wouldn't be as much fun with less company...