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Last Exit: Space is a new documentary on Discovery+ that explores the possibility of humans colonizing planets beyond Earth. Since it is produced and narrated by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man, guest star on The Mandalorian) and written and directed by his son Rudolph, however, it goes in a different direction than your average space documentary. It's weird, beautiful, skeptical, and even a bit funny.
In light of the film's recent streaming launch, father and son Herzog spoke with Ars Technica from their respective homes about the film's otherworldly hopes, pessimistic conclusions, and that one part about space colonists having to drink their own urine.
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Why Werner Herzog Thinks Human Space Colonization “Will Inevitably Fail”
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by bart9h on Tuesday March 15 2022, @03:14PM (2 children)
Yes, we forget that failure is a natural part of the process, and we tend to set unreasonable expectations.
If people aren't dying on space missions, then we're not trying hard enough.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday March 15 2022, @03:51PM (1 child)
It's excessively trite, but this was the philosophy of learning to trick-ski (on water): if you're not falling, you're not trying hard enough. Save the safe, flawless performances for competition - but practice 99 times per competition.
No matter how good they look, there was a name for trick-skiiers with dry hair after a day of practice: wuss.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 15 2022, @05:06PM
I have never seen a more succinct comparison between SpaceX and Blue Origin.