I was doing a little research on the amount of fuel left in
our sun. I found some interesting things
were involved, like; there is an energy deposit being made by the process of
nuclear fission at the same time that a total energy withdrawal is being
made. Meaning that it will take a long
time for the fuel in the sun to run out… good thing because I am counting on
getting my social security check soon!
(I couldn’t find any information on how long that will last… a somewhat
shorter period than the time the sun’s fuel supply will last, I’m sure.) And when it comes to predicting the sun’s
life span, there were some numbers with exponents on them that were way beyond
my ability to fathom.
Anyway, it appears that it will be a while before we freeze
to death on this third rock. Some far
thinking folks have begun to be concerned with the matter and are, even now,
trying to figure out how to make an escape from the planet. I am sure they are the same folks that
inwardly hope there is life on other planets and that we are having visits from
those beings. It would lend at least a
small quantity of encouragement to them that an escape is possible… i.e. if the
space men can do it… we can do it. Or,
better yet maybe they can help us. I
wonder what other inward hopes the “salvation by escape” crowd possesses.
It is surely a fact that the sun will someday run out of
energy and life on earth will vanish. It
would appear that there is a lot of time left to get it figured out, but still
maybe we should be thankful for those who are letting their concerns for the
ultimate survival of earth’s population drive them into the realms of space
escape mentality. I have heard of the
Mars One project that plans to colonize Mars (I wonder if they know that Mars
has the same sun as earth?). Over
200,000 have applied to be volunteers to participate in the program. I have even heard an interview with one who
has volunteered to go on a one way trip to the Red Planet to get this whole
thing started. (I don’t remember what he
said.)
I’m thinking about all this political correctness going on
down here on earth, too. As I sit here
trying to write about some of the stories I’ve heard the concerning absurdities
of the P.C. indoctrination that has flooded our society, I find myself somewhat
stymied in my writing. As each example
of the lunacy comes to mind I find myself being afraid of offending someone or
a group of someones if I put it down in black and white (whoops… was that
racist?)
And… I wonder how many of the same people who have the
inward hopes that life exists on other planets also are part of the politically
correct people who are tip-toeing through life down here trying not to offend
anyone. I kind of hope it’s a large
percentage. I really don’t have any desire
to go through life offending as many people as I possible, but sometimes it
just happens… especially when you really do believe in a few absolutes… like; stars
are not the only source of light. The
first and last chapters in the bible tell us that… but if they must, I wish
those well who are forging ahead to figure a way out of here.
Mars One has at one point declared the year 2025 as a target
for its first teams of Mars colonizers to head out. Hopefully, they are not only spacey
visionaries of the great escape from a dying planet, but they also are P.C. in
their philosophy. I’m thinking there
might be an answer here. I remember the
words of an early 70’s song:
“Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying in the
yellow haze of the sun… all in a dream, all in a dream the loading had
begun. They were flying Mother Nature’s
silver seed to a new home in the sun.”
Nearly Fifty years “After the Goldrush” (Neil Young) the
loading is about to begin and I’m thinking maybe there is an answer here. Volunteers for Mars and beyond… maybe the
privilege of being part of the great escape should only be afforded to the Politically
Correct. Look out universe those that
tried to ruin a planet have been unleashed into the larger realm of habitable
bodies throughout galaxies untold.
Leaving the only form of intelligent life… back here on earth.
