Hello fellow adventurers. I know, I know, I may seem a little spaced out writing this but I just wanted to give everyone a simple Guide to the Galaxy to seek out new life and new civilizations (maybe) but definitely to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Okay so I recently read a quote which goes – “I was born too late to explore the world, but too early to explore the Universe” and I firmly believe that that isn’t true, because exploration is in our DNA. We have seen almost all we can see of the Earth. In an age of exponential growth in the fields of information technology, cosmology and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Medicine as opposed to the conventional STEM), we have the capabilities to genuinely break the glass ceiling of where we are right now.
The Space Age is dawning on us. Soon we’re going to have to think about tapping into the organic matter, resources and possibilities that the other celestial bodies have to offer. Agreed the UNOOSA (United Nations Office on Outer Space) has written canopic treaties governing space law, travel and exploration, that is the next realm of opportunity for us to discover. Earth will always be our home base, but there are distant dreams of having Federation or Empire-like relations with the (possible) inhabitants of the Universe. And it’s a brilliant field to venture out into purely because of the unlimited possibilities. We’re at the cusp of true space exploration and like any other Earth industry (because we soon may have to start calling it that), commercialization is gonna play a huge role in it, with space travel at the forefront. Once you’ve gotten the masses to Mars, (probably as early as 2030, factoring the Coronavirus Pandemic in as well) our true journey starts as an interplanetary species.
Organisations like SSERD (Society for Space Education Research and Development) and the SGAC (Space Generation Advisory Council) are doing a great job getting young individuals interested in these fields, so I highly recommend budding space enthusiasts to register with them especially because the SGAC is a private body working closely with the UNOOSA and it provides a platform for individuals aged 15 to 25 to formulate their opinions while reporting to the UNOOSA as well, thus effectively integrating youth engagement into the international forum.
Apart from this, there are always brilliant TV shows, movies (check out stem4girls) *shameless plug* and podcasts to check out, as well as a plethora of games such as NASA's Eyes and Universe Sandbox to check out the physics of space in virtual reality.
Bottom line, I love space. It’s an unexplored reserve of opportunity, beauty, and ultimately, mankind was born on Earth, it was never meant to die here.
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