The Blue Marble — this is the name of the first complete photograph of Earth, captured by the Apollo 17 spacecraft in 1972. For the first time, humanity could see itself from space as a singular, ordinary body. It was an innocent postcard compared to the image shared three months ago by billionaire Jared Isaacman, commander of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission. This mission, part of Elon Musk’s ambition to accelerate space exploration, provided a starkly different vision: a selfie with a planet in flames as the backdrop.
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