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Trip to the Moon: I’m Off
How hard can it be?
This morning while sipping my coffee and browsing through my feed, something caught my eye. Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese Multimillionaire, is looking for 8 volunteers to join him on a mission to the moon.
My first reaction upon reading this was: this is a scam, a publicity stunt, unrealistic, and possibly dangerous.
But then I thought.
What the hell! I’ll give it a go!
Yes, I get it. It’s probably never going to happen, even if it does, my chances of being selected are nil, and even if it goes ahead and I’m one of the lucky ones, I’d be risking my life.
So what?
I’ve let fear interfere too many times in my life. I’ve missed countless opportunities due to playing safe. I’ve chicken out in the last minute a thousand times.
But not this time, not ever again.
I’m done with being a coward, fed up with being reasonable, and tired of common sense.
As Richard Branson says, sometimes you just have to say: Fuck it, let’s do it!
Ok, putting my name down for the moon it’s not such a big deal, it’s unlikely I’ll be selected and I can always chicken out (again). But I won’t. If I get the chance I’ll go all the way even if that means perishing…
