Fanfan, gourours on Nostr: Still, many people, especially in the US, were like "yeah we are american, the land ...

Still, many people, especially in the US, were like "yeah we are american, the land of opportunity and hope, we'll do it soon. Anyways we are the only ones who can do it, you should spend your time on something else". I'm not exaggerating, Juri Toomre, who was running the biggest operation of this kind in Boulder, told me exactly this back in 2003 when I was a PhD student.