Was it a sign that serious trans-oceanic exploration was dead in 1520 when Magellan's men put on coconut masks, grass skirts, danced a jig, dunked each other overboard, and proclaimed themselves "members of the Order of Neptune" when they crossed the equator?
"Was it a sign that serious trans-oceanic exploration was dead in 1520 when Magellan's men put on coconut masks, grass skirts, danced a jig, dunked each other overboard, and proclaimed themselves "members of the Order of Neptune" when they crossed the equator?"
If it were spontaneous or traditional in scope, like that, or like the golf shot on the moon even, I would be the first to agree. But there are different motivators at work here. Am I wrong?
Ha! Good post, FC!
Long Live Space Golf!