I'm younger than you, yet I feel old as well -- thanks to remembering those far-off days (well, the 1980s or so) when the Solar System was supposed to be almost without water away from Earth!
When I was really young, nobody knew what we'd find on other planets. I was born just a little bit late to get the full effect of that (1961), yet by the time I was five or so, and beginning to take an interest in space, we had only blurry pictures of Mars, and Venus was covered in clouds. I distinctly recall right before the moon landings there was discussion on network TV about the depth and conhesion of the lunar dust, and whether the LEM might not sink into it (I knew better, as did anyone who followed the news and knew about Surveyor's results (three years old by that time, so a hard moon had been established fact for much of my lifetime) - then, as now, network TV guys seemed to run their mouths with no reality checks whatsoever).
Nobody knew what the rings of Saturn would look like up close, nobody was really sure what a comet would look like, what lay beneath Venus' clouds was an utter mystery, and the Frozen Heart of Pluto was absolutely undreamt. I've been priveleged to live through such a remarkable time.
The first big space mission I followed was Voyager 2. Not a bad way to start! I suspect actually that it was a major reason I've stayed interested in space exploration all these years.
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Nobody knew what the rings of Saturn would look like up close, nobody was really sure what a comet would look like, what lay beneath Venus' clouds was an utter mystery, and the Frozen Heart of Pluto was absolutely undreamt. I've been priveleged to live through such a remarkable time.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54443394
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