oh ty so much :)
my NFT "series" was started as a bit of a joke, mocking the idea of all of these nft projects i was seeing. whereas i like to hand-create anything that i would mint as an nft, i saw so many projects that were just playing like mr potato head with a bunch of features. now i do have a better understanding that there are SOME of those projects where a lot of work goes into the underlying artwork, but the whole idea of "rare traits" still makes me laugh a little because i mean sure you run this program which uses some kind of RNG to decide things, but like, you can run a program an infinite amount of times, right? LOL.
but so i started making NFTs in my own series that all use the same base image of myself. the first editions i will admit i didn't spend nearly as much time creating, but since then i put many hours into each one. certainly on this one which would (i hoped at the time, and now i know for sure) go into space, i spent a lot of time on!
the whole idea behind this project they're doing is to kind of create a bridge between the NFT community and the space community, which i am totally on board with. whether or not you think it might be slightly silly/maybe more symbolic than realistic (for instance i asked questions about like the NFT is technically not removable from the blockchain, so how do you send it into space, but i only asked this question to understand the mindset behind the project- personally i still think it's super cool to have the files sent to the ISS and out into space) - it's still a fun idea and i think there's this whole aspect of it that these nfts will be the "first" to have actually been sent into space as their true nfts; so maybe some people are looking for some type of fame.
i just thought it would make sense to include something of carl sagan's legacy since he is a big reason why i appreciate science and astronomy and i'm sure the same can be said for millions of other people!
and this community just seems perfect for this kind of project, it seems like people creating art here would probably be the exact people who would be interested in it!
at least for now the missions are using NFTs made on the DeSo blockchain, but i've posted about this before, i think any of us on any of these decentralized social media apps should be supportive of all others, why not? we should want to see at least one if not all of them survive- and maybe if there were enough interest here in the future, maybe they would end up doing a mission using NFTs on the hive blockchain.
i'm just a space nerd but also a computer nerd so i got super excited when i heard about this whole thing :D
I'm also a bit of a computer and astronomy (and other sciences) nerd, which is why the post caught my attention. I still haven't had the time to read up on this project yet (just had a pretty big snowstorm here), but I find this and projects like it fascinating. I'm a big advocate of space exploration... long term survival of our species DEPENDS on our ability to move away from this rock.
I haven't personally paid much attention to the NFT scene yet. It doesn't serve any immediate purpose for me, so I've paid just enough attention to know what people are talking about when I see the letters 'NFT' in a title. I do like art, though, and I find your work to be much more interesting that the 8-bit icons that are generating so much hype right now. I don't play the online card games, and I grew up broke, so I never really got in to collectibles. I see the usefulness of NFTs as a way to monetize art, and to really change the way that artists are paid, but that's not really my world.
Thanks for the long reply, I hope you find success wherever you are seeking it!
oh i am totally with you on the nft thing. i think there's an awful lot of junk people end up selling to make a quick buck off of people who don't know any better.
i look at my nfts as really a tip someone can give me to say they like what i do, and they also get an image that i put actual time into making (vs. letting a computer spin it up, though i'm sure many of those projects take a lot of work to put together- i appreciate them slightly more than i used to, what i very much disapprove of is when prices are set based on some arbitrary "rarity" of "traits" since.. that's some bogus malarkey in my opinion!~)
and i really think this whole "virtual world" that you can decorate is.. well, it's so second life. i think if you pay an exorbitant amount of money on a piece of art, it's something you want to show off, and- we're not livin' in the matrix yet everyone LOL
however, reasonably-priced NFTs and then having a virual gallery is all totally cool and awesome in my opinion. it's the price-gouging that i think is ridiculous!
ty!!