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Think Universally, Act Globally Has science gone too far? Smashing sub-atomic particles together near the speed of light, scientists hope to recreate the climate of the universe immediately following the Big Bang. It may also yield information about the missing link or black mass or the elusive God Particle. The LHC although not the first, is the most powerful atom smasher ever that took fifteen years and $8 billion to build. Well I for one, feel science has not gone too far. With all the recent discoveries in that field I see no alternative than to press on. As difficult as it is, we must put aside the small stuff, grab the bull by the horns and draw up plans to colonize space. Never mind F-5 Tornados, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Nuclear Winter, Virus Plagues, Volcanos, Ice Ages, Global Warming, Asteroid Impacts, Rising Seas, etc. We have BIG problems that lie ahead. Number one on that list is when our sun becomes a red giant. I'm not talking about the New York Giants either. Our sun, a mere 93 million miles away, will some day expand and morph into a giant star. The surface of the sun will be right where the Earth currently sits. You think its hot in Philadelphia now! The only way around this is to colonize outer space. How? When? Who goes, who remains? These are relatively simple matters. Time is on our side. We're not talking next year, next century- we have billions of years. Thats why we should think about this now. I propose this: The countries who have the means begin the speculation process. (Don't worry, we'll keep a running tab for those who join later.) If different nationalities exist (I say "if" because we're talking billions of years into the future when the different races will have most likely combined into one race- the Human Race) we allow for the proper ratio of any given race to maintain the same proportions that exist now to exist then. The space stations that we build are actually ecospheres that can produce air, water, plants and even champagne. They'll have zoos and colleges, livestock and libraries. We'll point the space station towards our nearest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, although the distance is still horrific. Its so far, in fact, that so many generations will have passed that nobody will be certain where we came from. Earth will be a rumor or myth, graffiti on a wall. "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn." - J. Morrison an American Poet |
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