Get excited about Space Exploration
As a kid I could spend hours just lying on my back looking up at the stars. I wanted to know more about them. What are they, why are they there, where are they... That’s how my love of all things space related started. Today, almost 15 years on, I’m still a self-confessed space fanatic. I’m not an astronomer or scientist. I’m just a guy with a love for space and the untold possibilities it holds.
It amazes me how ignorant people are about what goes on around them. I’ve met people that haven’t even taken the time to look at the stars in years! They couldn’t care less about space, and to them space exploration is just an immense waste of money. I can’t disagree more.
Carl Sagan once described space exploration as a “journey in humility” and that is the most apt description I’ve heard so far. Once you start exploring the universe you soon realize how unimportant we really are. There are billions of stars out there, with billions of star system, many of which might contain planets. Earth is just one pale dot amongst billions of others. How’s that for insignificance?
In learning more about our place in the universe, we ultimately learn more about ourselves, and the little piece of rock we call home. The knowledge gained from exploring space and other planets have direct, tangible benefits to Earth and humanity in general.
Just think how much damage CFC’s could have done if their use continued unchecked. Many everyday technologies also have their roots in the space program. We might not realize it, but everyone is affected by space exploration and the knowledge gained, either directly or indirectly.
People need to get interested and excited about space again. We are living in amazing times as far as space exploration goes. We are building an International Space Station, Cassini is orbiting Saturn, and there are rovers on Mars. There is so much to be excited about... yet the general public ignores many of these things.
Expand your horizons, learn something new and be prepared to be amazed. Our future is amongst the stars. Who knows what wonders we will uncover in our very own galactic backyard...
It amazes me how ignorant people are about what goes on around them. I’ve met people that haven’t even taken the time to look at the stars in years! They couldn’t care less about space, and to them space exploration is just an immense waste of money. I can’t disagree more.
Carl Sagan once described space exploration as a “journey in humility” and that is the most apt description I’ve heard so far. Once you start exploring the universe you soon realize how unimportant we really are. There are billions of stars out there, with billions of star system, many of which might contain planets. Earth is just one pale dot amongst billions of others. How’s that for insignificance?
In learning more about our place in the universe, we ultimately learn more about ourselves, and the little piece of rock we call home. The knowledge gained from exploring space and other planets have direct, tangible benefits to Earth and humanity in general.
Just think how much damage CFC’s could have done if their use continued unchecked. Many everyday technologies also have their roots in the space program. We might not realize it, but everyone is affected by space exploration and the knowledge gained, either directly or indirectly.
People need to get interested and excited about space again. We are living in amazing times as far as space exploration goes. We are building an International Space Station, Cassini is orbiting Saturn, and there are rovers on Mars. There is so much to be excited about... yet the general public ignores many of these things.
Expand your horizons, learn something new and be prepared to be amazed. Our future is amongst the stars. Who knows what wonders we will uncover in our very own galactic backyard...
posted by KJ Mulder at 9:43 PM
1 Comments:
Hi there
Your blog is awesome in style and content. I don't know, but Ive found most of our fellow South African's blogs are a bit vapid, never updated...but I digress.
You should read Bill Bryson's Brief History of Nearly Everything, if you haven't done so already. Judging from your love of space you should really like it.
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