The Great Escape

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.