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[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Britain gave Newton a burial like a king. Scientists were always held in high regard in the West. It's ironic that the aristocracy respected scientists more than the contemporary bourgeois bugmen.

Anyway, becoming an astronaut has more to do with exploration.

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Anyway, becoming an astronaut has more to do with exploration

And killing aliens.