One of my teachers says we spend too much time worrying about other planets ( I am not a buddhist of any kind and caution against purchasing into any programs and seminars with big promises.. but sometimes people speak and out comes something that is worth a listen ). What NASA does for me is to ground me into the largeness of the world. I wanna be grounded into a reality with possibility, with ambition beyond lunch, dinner, shopping and my own DNA.
It is important to remind ourselves that we are specs, on a spec in a vast ocean of specs.. and our only chance to outgrow our physical smallness is to use our minds.. responsibly.