recdnd's comments

On: Date is out, Temporal is in

[recdnd]

Temporal feels less like a replacement for Date and more like an admission that Date was trying to represent too many different concepts at once.

On: NASA topples towers used to test Saturn rockets, space shuttle

[recdnd]

It’s worth remembering that these were extremely purpose-built facilities. Preserving them as museums sounds appealing, but making structures of this scale safe for public access would likely cost more than their original construction. At some point, demolition and documentation is the more responsible form of preservation.