On this day in history:
Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go,
On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H. White II opens the hatch of the Gemini 4 and steps out of the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space. Attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and controlling his movements with a hand-held oxygen jet-propulsion gun, White remained outside the capsule for just over 20 minutes.
Thanks to all the research and development in space, 56 years later we find ourselves able to wander about while still being able to communicate with each other untethered by phone cords…
only to find ourselves tethered to our phones in more insidious ways?
Finding ourselves more alone together than ever
My 1965 teenaged self somehow thought our 21st century problems would be more interesting than our cellphones not being able to recognize our faces whilst they were swaddled in a face diaper.
“Face Obstructed – Try removing anything that may be covering your face.” Always good advice.
We’ve come a long way, baby, but sometimes it just doesn’t seem like it.
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