[Jim moved to stand by his friend's side, grinning much like a kid in awe of the sight himself.]
They're right. The gravitational forces around it would tear us apart.
[He'd stopped teasing Bones about his fear of outer space, well, mostly, but he wasn't going to spoil the moment by bringing up the fact of it right now.]
Reminds us that we're not the most important things in the universe. Reminds us of why we're out here: to explore.
Re: numinous
They're right. The gravitational forces around it would tear us apart.
[He'd stopped teasing Bones about his fear of outer space, well, mostly, but he wasn't going to spoil the moment by bringing up the fact of it right now.]
Reminds us that we're not the most important things in the universe. Reminds us of why we're out here: to explore.