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I love space.
Nov. 6th, 2020 03:23 pmTaken from the Crunchy Questions Meme:
With the possibility of there being a mission to Mars soon, what are your thoughts on the future of humanity traveling out to explore space? Do you believe that we'll eventually find a way to venture outside our solar system and go further into our galaxy? Do you think we'll ever find out what lies beyond the great beyond that is the vastness of space? Or will that just always remain an absolute mystery?
As someone who loves and is obsessed with space, I am absolutely excited about the possibility of humanity being able to travel and explore the vastness of the universe.
Although, if I am to be realistic, it probably won't happen in our lifetime. The possible mission to Mars? Certainly, but venturing out further throughout the solar system and beyond? That will definitely take much longer. It's a nice and lovely idea, and one I love fantasizing about, because I'm very curious about what lies beyond what we know, especially since space is ever expanding and what lies beyond is a huge mystery to us, but I know that we have to be realistic when it comes to these things. Space travel in itself is very tricky, and the survivability for humans venturing out into deep space even more so because we're still figuring out the issues that may arise. Something I think many overlook is how human beings aren't meant for space travel, our bodies evolved on Earth and Earth's gravity so being out in space, even for months at a time as current astronauts have been doing, take a massive toll on the human body. Our physiology changes the longer we stay out in space, so there's inevitably going to be huge risks involving any kind of prolonged travel.
This is something that scientists are still figuring out to this day, and there will be much trial and error when it comes to ensuring the safety of survivability for people to go on such long journeys in space. As much as I am waiting for the mission to Mars to happen and succeed, I do have fears that it'll end disastrously, because anything can go wrong, and there is nothing more terrifying than something going wrong in space where there is no immediate help available.
But it also makes me hopeful because, well, our technological achievements have grown spectacularly in a short period of time and who knows what the future may hold in terms of traveling out further into our solar system and beyond. I want to believe that humanity will succeed, because the mysteries of the universe is what drives much of human curiosity. What is out there? What lies beyond our knowledge of the ever-expanding universe? Is there other life? Are there planets that are habitable that we can terraform, should the opportunity arise? The possibilities are endless, and the more we explore the more discoveries can emerge.
With the possibility of there being a mission to Mars soon, what are your thoughts on the future of humanity traveling out to explore space? Do you believe that we'll eventually find a way to venture outside our solar system and go further into our galaxy? Do you think we'll ever find out what lies beyond the great beyond that is the vastness of space? Or will that just always remain an absolute mystery?
As someone who loves and is obsessed with space, I am absolutely excited about the possibility of humanity being able to travel and explore the vastness of the universe.
Although, if I am to be realistic, it probably won't happen in our lifetime. The possible mission to Mars? Certainly, but venturing out further throughout the solar system and beyond? That will definitely take much longer. It's a nice and lovely idea, and one I love fantasizing about, because I'm very curious about what lies beyond what we know, especially since space is ever expanding and what lies beyond is a huge mystery to us, but I know that we have to be realistic when it comes to these things. Space travel in itself is very tricky, and the survivability for humans venturing out into deep space even more so because we're still figuring out the issues that may arise. Something I think many overlook is how human beings aren't meant for space travel, our bodies evolved on Earth and Earth's gravity so being out in space, even for months at a time as current astronauts have been doing, take a massive toll on the human body. Our physiology changes the longer we stay out in space, so there's inevitably going to be huge risks involving any kind of prolonged travel.
This is something that scientists are still figuring out to this day, and there will be much trial and error when it comes to ensuring the safety of survivability for people to go on such long journeys in space. As much as I am waiting for the mission to Mars to happen and succeed, I do have fears that it'll end disastrously, because anything can go wrong, and there is nothing more terrifying than something going wrong in space where there is no immediate help available.
But it also makes me hopeful because, well, our technological achievements have grown spectacularly in a short period of time and who knows what the future may hold in terms of traveling out further into our solar system and beyond. I want to believe that humanity will succeed, because the mysteries of the universe is what drives much of human curiosity. What is out there? What lies beyond our knowledge of the ever-expanding universe? Is there other life? Are there planets that are habitable that we can terraform, should the opportunity arise? The possibilities are endless, and the more we explore the more discoveries can emerge.
