To the universe and beyond

November 30, 2009

I thought I'd be there by now.

I find it difficult to believe that men last walked on the moon over 35 years ago. And now the space shuttle program is ending. It seems a whole lot of the gee whiz has gone out of the United States’ consciousness, and I miss it.

We have been mired in a dark age beset the plagues of war and terrorism, H1N1, AIDS, health care (can’t seem to find an answer) reform, global climate stuff, economic greed and mismanagement, etc.

illustration credit NASA

When we felt we were on the forefront of scientific discovery, it was an exciting time.

Anyway, here’s kind of a cool thing. This story was in the paper today about a new design for a supersonic airplane (we can rebuild it – bigger, faster, quieter, greener) that will be tested in the NASA wind tunnels in Cleveland.

I keep hoping that warp technology is also being worked on and that it will appear in this timeline, not some alternative one.

Dr. Zefram Cochrane: So you’re all astronauts on some sort of… star trek?

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I loved that line in the movie!

I, too, am sad about the fact that we haven’t been back to the moon. Where is our spirit of adventure?
by Sparrow December 17, 2009 at 4:23 am

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