I can't help but get peeved every time I see a title like "Man Conquers Space." I am glad that everyone is making fun of it, but I worry about the people that take it seriously. The "conquer" part is just stupid, but the "man" part can be insidious. Many people, when seeing the title just replace "man" with "humanity" and "people" and just don't worry about it. The trick is since we have words that encompass both genders, why don't we use them instead? That way there is never a chance for confusion.
I am fully aware that the Apollo mission was male dominated and that, if history had progressed as it did in this movie, the Mars program would have been entirely male, too. I just look forward to a future where we can have nice titles like "Humanity's Exploration of Space," and I can get all worked up about something else.
Aside from my soap box, I thought those of you interested in exploration of space might want to check out the Space Generation Foundation's hompeage:
http://www.spacegen.org/
These are the people responsible for planning Yuri's Night and other neat space events.
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I can't help but get peeved every time I see a title like "Man Conquers Space." I am glad that everyone is making fun of it, but I worry about the people that take it seriously. The "conquer" part is just stupid, but the "man" part can be insidious. Many people, when seeing the title just replace "man" with "humanity" and "people" and just don't worry about it. The trick is since we have words that encompass both genders, why don't we use them instead? That way there is never a chance for confusion. I am fully aware that the Apollo mission was male dominated and that, if history had progressed as it did in this movie, the Mars program would have been entirely male, too. I just look forward to a future where we can have nice titles like "Humanity's Exploration of Space," and I can get all worked up about something else. Aside from my soap box, I thought those of you interested in exploration of space might want to check out the Space Generation Foundation's hompeage: http://www.spacegen.org/ These are the people responsible for planning Yuri's Night and other neat space events.