"We're at a pivotal moment, and in some ways it feels like a dream sequence," said Niki Werkheiser, NASA's director of technology maturation [and native of Franklin, TN]. "In other ways, it feels like it was inevitable that we would get here." nyt
Monday, October 2, 2023
Maybe in Your Lifetime, People Will Live on the Moon and Then Mars
Will they be happy to be there?
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I do not know if people living on the moon or mars would be happy, I would like to assume so. I do not know anyone who would go the moon unless they were willing and ready for the trials ahead. The idea of living off Earth is just so foreign and unknown, literally no one we know has ever done it! I think it is fair to say they would probably be excited.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I love space and am fascinated by the aesthetics of it, I've never personally dreamed of living an interstellar life. However, had my interests been more aligned with someone like, Phillip J. Fry, perhaps that would've been different! As a whole, I really don't know if we as a species would be happy living somewhere besides earth. I suppose it depends on whether or not it's out of necessity or desire. Earth is everything to us right now. It gave birth to us, nurtured us, and made us who we are today. The pessimist in me says that we would treat any other place we might end up just like we are now. The optimist in me thinks that a new start with all of our wisdom could be a beautiful thing. It's hard to know what way it could go.
ReplyDeleteI'd miss blue sky, dogwalks in the open air, and the feeling of being uncontained. No virtual substitute will work for me. But of course I didn't grow up on the Internet.
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