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Published: 2010-05-22 11:24:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 61991; Favourites: 1532; Downloads: 1287
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"You say you're from Mexico? Sorry, but you have to from America to be an Astronaut. You'll never go to space."Check out the other Children's Book spreads:
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BEAUTIFUL! (cough* aztec/inca/maya/ etc. origins)
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great piece and comment on current laws but if we arn't having a space program soon Mexico could have men in space before us!
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I really love the colors!! It's something of a change for space.
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This is really fantastic! It's strange to see an image set in space that feels so claustrophobic. I think that fits well with the theme, though. Amazing illo.
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You make the cold vacuum of space look so warm and inviting.
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If you consider the Karman line the "border" between earth and space, don't you think it's naive to think a Mexican couldn't illegally immigrate across it? They are experts after all.
*I kid the Mexicans, you guys keep doing what your doing...my lawn.
In all honesty, astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela was the first Mexican national to fly into space back in 1985. Jose Hernandez is an immigrant born son of Mexicans and another astronaut. There may not be a lot of Mexicans in space, but I wouldn't say it is impossible. Mexico just created it's own space agency on April 20th, 2010, so there might be an influx of Mexicans in space before you know it!
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That's what hes making reference to.
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Love this. It colour quality is fantastic :3
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Meet Jose Hernandez [link]
and Danny Olivas [link]
Mexican Americans and astronauts.
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i really love the colors that you use in this image 
lovely.
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Oh wow. This is traditional? And the message is simply brilliant. This is one beautiful piece of work!
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nice !!picture !! love the expression the lighting the blured nasa sign and color in the shades!
Sadly im mexican and it kinda hurts.. .-
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Wonderful, dreamlike, spatial,
so surreal and damn realistic.
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I like his serious focused expression, beautiful light.
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:'] Dream on, kid! One day, if you're better than the rest, maybe you can!
I wonder what your next piece will be...
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Their building a commercially owned spaceport in New Mexico, private citizens will be able to go into space, but they gotta pay, there is also a project in Kansas which is an elevator of sorts, a long cable anchors on earth is lifted into space, the centrifugal force keeps the top of the cable from crashing back down and they built a lift apparatus where people experience. Sorry my friends an astrophysicist in Baltimore, he's got the skinny on a lot of the current space projects, tell them to keep dreaming the dream.
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Mexico is in Central America, yes, but it's not in the implied country, which is the United States of America.
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Actually Mexico is in North America, so it would be better if you had used USA instead.
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There's a lot of debate over whether it should be listed as part of North America or called a part of "Central America" because it's in a fairly separate region. I live in the US, so I figure you and I are on the same page XD
It's not... My piece... I was merely pointing out that the artist was using America as a nickname for the US as many people do. No hard feelings, mate?
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I'm not from USA, here we know pretty clearly Mexico is on North America, there's no reason why it wouldn't, it's right under USA...
Oh yeah, that's right. Well, the artist may get to know about it anyways then...
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Actually, I myself would refer to it as part of North America, but I know several people from Mexico who strongly prefer it be reffered to as Central. I was merely trying to be sensitive
I guess I approached my point a little bit oddly XD All Im really trying to say is that the artist was reffering to the US as America because there isn't really another nationality name that it has.
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You are wrong, MΓ©xico is in America, America is all the continent
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Yes, I know XD Thats basically what I said. Central America (sometimes counted as part of North America) is where Mexico is located. Other politically-correct American countries include, for instance, Brasil and Canada. But, in this instance, the America reffered to is the nickname of the USA, a separate country from MΓ©xico.
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Hahaha!
"...have to from America to be an Astronaut. You'll never go to space"
I think every kid, some day, wanted to be an astronaut!
Very nice work! I really like your style!
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No one's going to space for awhile after the program was canceled....
Despite that, where you are from shouldn't matter.
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Amazing work! What were the mediums used for this one?
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Cool reminds me of the song Gifted from N.A.S.A.
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Oh my, even more stunning than the first. When can I buy this book?
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this is really cool. The subject matter is cool too.
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Simply amazing... I love it.
Excellent work.
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Absolutely beautiful color, composition, message... Everything about this is brilliant. Great work.
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