This winter, as we turn inward with the tradition of the season, may Capricorn be the light that chases away the fear of feeling the pain of being an earthling.

“I feel so connected with my fellow earthlings,” she said.

The landers are the latest sign that we earthlings are resuming lunar exploration after a half century of neglect following the end of the U.S.

But this is not 1961, a time when earthlings weren’t concerned about spreading their biological junk off planet.

There have been many stories of earthlings looking up at the stars, searching for signs of alien life.