I've Had Them For 2 Days But I Would Do Anything For Them

Apollo 17 ascent stage returning to moon orbit.

still a wip

Chesley Bonestell, 1975.

!!Important!!

there’s such an unhealthy stigma, especially in academic communities, surrounding taking time off or dropping out. putting education above your health and well-being isn’t okay and should not be the standard. obviously there are positives to school/college/uni, but the environment created by the education system can be so horrifically damaging in so many ways, and demonising stepping away from or leaving it only makes it worse. as much as education is important, your health and well-being are infinitely more so. 

it is okay to take breaks. it’s okay to take a year off. it’s okay to leave if that’s what you need to do. dropping out does not make you stupid, nor does it make you a failure. take care of yourself first and foremost. traditional education is not the only way to learn.

Pathfinder maiden flight, For All Mankind “Triage”

Painting by Pamela Lee ‘Astronaut with MMU Above Solar Panels’ from the book In The Steam of the Stars- The Soviet-American Space Art Book (1990)

The surface of Pluto, painted by James Hervat for Astronomy magazine in the 1970s

Apollo 17 Lunar module docking after trans-lunar injection (1972)