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Humanity failed to explore
Beyond the Earth’s moon
All while probes, satellites, and rovers
Have been sent beyond our closest neighbor
Many of which have reached
The edge of the Solar System itself
What about Homo sapiens?
Don’t we deserve better than this?
Manned space exploration
The holy grail of the 21st century
After nearly five decades
Where humans never left low-Earth orbit
Forget about the innumerable risks
Where space could kill us immediately
Should we escape the protection
Of our spacesuits and spacecraft alike
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All the hype derived from films and books
Especially those from the last ten years
The drive to explore space is understandable
We wish to journey for the Red Planet
And this journey is very possible soon
What about other celestial bodies?
How about colonizing Venus?
Once we eliminate the sulfurous clouds
Is the Moon a suitable home too?
How about Phobos and Deimos?
The two moons of the planet Mars
Doesn’t matter which are viable sites
For future populations of homo sapiens
Humanity is going
Whether the haters outnumber us
Or not
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In the year 1492
Sailing across the Atlantic Ocean
From east to west
Was considered risky if not fatal
However
People would greet Columbus
And they could help him return to Spain
Unfortunately for space pioneers
Besides those stationed in low-Earth orbit
Those who venture farther out
Will have nobody to rescue them
Should a major problem occur
They will need to rely on each other
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Due to my vivid imagination
I can perceive how humanity can live elsewhere
Somewhere beyond the edges of the Solar System
Here’s a good question
What’s really beyond the asteroid belt?
You know
This humongous ring of big rocks
Found between Mars and Jupiter
If only we knew the answer to this question:
What’s beyond the dwarf planet Pluto?
I’ve watched the space pioneers
During their quest to search the heavens
Where they found hundreds of planets
All situated in distant galaxies
The time between these discoveries
And when humans venture towards them
Could be measured in centuries
We might be an ambitious, intelligent species
If exploring space beyond our system is desired
The first step we make
No matter the impact it makes
Must be made soon
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Why not now today?
Humanity possess the technology
Companies are preparing to mine asteroids
To provide resources for use on Earth
To construct infrastructure in outer space
For use in colonizing the cosmos
We’ve taken risks before
Look at our history on this planet
We colonized the Earth over thousands of years
Acclimating ourselves to various climates
Forging the crudest of weapons and tools
To find ourselves possessing great potential
Our species is almost entirely interconnected
Our technology more advanced
Than those days on the plains of Africa
Several million years ago
In other words
Humanity has come a long way
And despite the journey thus far
We’re far from anything associated with finish lines
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In respect to human exploration
This is the beginning of our journey
New systems to colonize
New galaxies inhabit
On these untamed planets
With their foreign habitats and exotic suns
Many people are not afraid
Or understanding firsthand
By putting boots on the ground
In the name of science
And carbon based life forms itself
I’m aware of the ongoing bloodshed
The widespread poverty and chronic illness
Which afflicts this species of ours
There’s no better time in human history
Than the current era we’re in
We have some of the boldest thinkers
Who continue to question everyone
And everything at our disposal now
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Why didn’t we head out sooner?
The technology meant for space exploration
Has been around for several decades
We have already set foot on the Moon
Long before I took my first steps during infancy
Space technology has improved exponentially
Since those days during the space race
Another competition like long ago
Through free market competition
A similar attitude can be achieved
Forget the antics of the pessimistic
Humanity will be reaching out again
With the help of ambitious souls
To colonize Mars and the Moon
To venture towards the edge of the Solar System
Without question
I read that NASA scientists today cannot even understand how the moon missions were accomplished. I think they were accomplished at a film studio directed by Stanley Kubrick. The universe is made of chemicals and chemical reactions most of which are not hospitable to mankind. God gave us this beautiful blue ball in a sea of gas. What is it that calls man to step off the earth and into the frying pan?
We are the universe. We are chemical reactions. We are mankind. We are the frying pan. The more we ask, the more we think, the more we explore, the more we will know.