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A Ring camera on Mars - sure, it took a lot of effort and money to do i, but like other Ring cameras, not everything it records is, to me, breathtaking. Sure, you got footage of the robber trying to get into the house across the street, but you also got footage of the neighbor's dog taking a crap on your lawn.

I'm not jaded or hopeless but the camera took a lot of footage and I won't be watching it discover yet another rock and think, "I am awe struck by yet another rock because of all the money and effort the NASA team expended to show me a series of rocks." A relative once made me a wool wrap and I was appreciative that they had spent money and time to make the wrap, but I'm still allergic to wool and never wore it. Not everything excites everybody.

That's not a declaration on my hopelessness as much as it is a declaration on my not being that excited at space exploration in general. The same goes for underwater exploration - Cousteau discovered all sorts of weird stuff in the ocean, but if it isn't going to come up and bite me on the ass while I'm sitting on the beach, I'm not as impressed. He had his dream job SCUBA diving and getting paid to do it - his dream, not mine.

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