The Cure for Doom Scrolling Is 400,000 Kilometres Away

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Apr 9, 2026 · 9m

Space inspiration and doom scrolling are fighting for the same fifteen seconds of attention. One of them is winning right now, and it isn't the rocket. Tony Chapman noticed that and decided it was worth his time to do something about it.

In Costa Rica, where Tony lives, there's almost no light pollution. Last year he stood outside and watched Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars line up across the sky. Put his phone up. The app told him exactly what he was looking at. And the same feeling from a friend's porch in 1969, the night of the moon landing, a cigar, a full moon, and a bike ride home, came back…