The future

[replicant]

Well, blast me if you will, but this is coming after a long day on the road, in a hotel room away from family. Ate dinner, did my workout, had a drink(or two?) not going to admit, at the hotel bar. At times like this I tend to get sentimental and philisophical.

My mind drifts to my boys, 6 and 2. What a pair. The older is very reserved, longest attention span I have ever seen in a kid. He can take any two objects and make a mechanical device out of them. The two year old is very loud and boisterous, and adventurer who sucks the marrow out of life. He is on his own program for sure. I will be happy and supportive of anything they decide to do, but I often picture them like the Wright brothers, one will build it, the other will test it

It's times like this I forget about all the petty BS and little concerns of our narrow human minds and let free the part of me that likes to dream. Whatever your stance is, whatever you think, I hope your thoughts are like mine in this one very important way.

When I was a kid, I looked up at the stars at night and thought "we should go there". As I get older I realize that we NEED to go there. I have said it before and it is true. We were at our best when we were explorers and pioneers, not wallowing in filth and greed. It will take more than machines to go the stars, it will take a change in the way we think. I have been very saddened and dissapointed to see some very old and disgusting ideas crop up as of late, because they only hurt this very important endeavor.

It will be the jobs of our children to be the architects of the machines that will take us there, but it will be OUR jobs to be the architects of the new ideas that will take us there.

 

[willy88]

There's not really much we can do on this planet. Humanity seems to be lacking a goal (except money and power). Quite disappointing, really.

Yet for some reason I feel like I'll have something to do with the "new goal". Probably just a pipe dream, but maybe...

 

[Kaito]

Humanity will realize a goal when 95% of the population has been wiped out cuz of some deadly disease. Then, and only then, will the World (or, whats left of it) will realize we need to get off this rock and go exploring.

But until that day comes, its not important because, well, what benefit does it give us (rhetorical question)? In the eyes of the public, nothing.

 

[tblaxland]

The older is very reserved, longest attention span I have ever seen in a kid. He can take any two objects and make a mechanical device out of them.

MacGyver?

 

[joeybigO]

I have two of my own.

They make me forget what I'm supposed to doing for a living.

The sudden passing on of my closest brother left me with a huge void.
Since that day I've been bitter, mean, sometimes just plain ugly to people.
That's why I was remembering folks who've I've done harm and would like to apologize to.
But as far as my kids go. They are the point of my life. They are also direct reflections of me. Good and bad. I can see all of my habits in them.
Every day cherish who they are and who they will be.
Their paths are nor defined as mine is. Nor is their path mine.

But no doubt I love them so much.

Forgot to write about the topic: duh...
The failing economy is certain to crunch numbers along the board, and as some of the people running for office will no doubt see that NASA will likely have to go private sector, disturbing, but real.

No doubt people in office will also see that exploration of space is nothing but a expenditure and a waste of taxpayers money.

Sad... But I have hope for the future, there is a small member here, annoying and pesky...
No doubt most see him as an effer, and just an ant in the world here.
I however see him as a giant leader in the not so distant future, those who posted to how old they were gave me the hope that our future is quite bright. If we have leaders and directors who have the qualities that we are so searching for, Math, Science and the base EDUCATION!!!!
Then we honestly have a shot at getting to Mars in the future.

One word for the kiddies, rely on the old school way of everything, try not to rely on the computer, the computer is the tool of what helps you, without that there is no there.
One time my godfather told me this, "without this (which was math) there is no that (which was the stars).