On their way to Mars right now are two unmanned ships, one
from America, another from India. A study has begun to make a sort of PayPal
for the universe, a galactic form of payment, usable on all planets. Recently I
saw for the first time a commercial for private space-travel, the company even
has a catchphrase, “Let us help you make your dreams come true.”
All those years ago, when Galileo pointed a ship’s spyglass
at the stars, it is impossible to believe he ever thought it would become this.
A spaceport America is already being built, possibly to be done by next year,
to send man beyond the atmosphere.
Built for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, it is
costing nearly 300,000,000. Not too long ago, as measured by the grand scope of
human history, mankind still thought the earth was the center of the solar system,
it was only after they understood that they did not understand, that they could
begin to explore.
Of course, the time lines could be off, and it might still be
another decade before Spaceport America becomes functional. Things could
happen, there could be complications. Yet it appears that man could soon begin
to explore the planets near him. An unmanned craft has already left the solar
system. Things are being prepared to move on mars. Man is finally realizing a
dream Adam must have had. To walk among the stars.
Andrew C. Abbott
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