With Virgin Galactic now open for business space travel for ordinary folks like you and me is a small step closer. On the one hand I'm completely thrilled by the idea of regular flights to our stratosphere, the moon or even further afield but I'm also very apprehensive about the state we'll leave other celestial bodies in and the space in between. We're making a right ball's up of looking after Earth! Am I being unreasonably pessimistic?
You may be disappointed, Paul.
ReplyDeleteThose of us who survived the unstoppable population explosion (1960s), the unpreventable ice age (1970s), and the imminent collapse of the ozone layer (1980s)have somewhat lost faith in Armageddon. Climate change? I should coco.
Still, the creators of Project SWORD seem to have shared your pessimism!
Sean
I forget who it was who said "The meek shall inherit the Earth - After the rest of us have left for the stars," but he has a point .
ReplyDeleteWhat if it's our in-built unescapable nature to bugger up the land we live on ? DNA's little plan to make sure we spread its code throughout the Galaxy ?
Is it an unhappy coincidence that the more we technologicly advance the less in tune with nature we become . By the time we achieve interstellar travel , this planet should be on its last legs .