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ike_usawa

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ike_usawa··on Kenichi Horie
This guy crossed the Pacific solo at 23 (the first ever to do it). Then again at 83. 60 years apart. Same ocean. Same boat size. The 1962 trip: 19-foot plywood boat. No passport. No money. Arrested on arrival. The 2022 trip: 19-foot aluminum boat. 69 days. He says he's "still in the thick of my youth."
ike_usawa··on NASA's newest invention could solve a major space exploration problem (2022)
What strikes me is the gap between a beautiful principle and the brutal reality of executing. Was this idea just ahead of its time?