Beyond the Boundaries of Earth

Mysterious is the emptiness of space, immense its vastness and breathtaking the celestial spectacle it offers .Outer space has overawed man from time immemorial, from the dawn of consciousness man has been enthralled by the changing pattern of the sky. For some it foretold future and for others it was a guide since it helped to navigate around. Such was its grip that young girls cried for the sweet little moon whom they saw as a friend, a playmate. From such humble beginnings began man’s conquest of space, which now dictates his future for he looks to it as the future prospect of life & living.

But how did it all begin? It began from almost nothing and is marching forward to everything, as the mere emptiness of space was filled up by the big bang which seems to have come out of something very small but was potent enough to create everything big.

Well 15 billion years is what the universe is supposed to be after it was born with a bang. But there are theories which contradict such an explosive start. Theories such as the steady state theory advocate that the universe is continuously created and destroyed to maintain the steady universe but then it speaks of a universe which has no beginning or end, and then there is the famous big bang theory which finds support due to strong reasons of galaxies moving away and universe receding and expanding as well. But what ever it may be, a lot of work has to be done before we do untangle the jigsaw puzzle-something aptly covered in these words “we seem to be like children playing on the sea shore with pebbles and often finding newer prettier pebbles. But what lies ahead is the great ocean of truth and uncertainty, that’s what we are looking for”.

While they all search for the truth, we see tsunamis & earthquakes, twisters & tornadoes all wrecking havoc on our homes, our planet. Is it time we moved away to a new planet? Well that’s what space exploration is all about. There have been suggestions for colonies in space in the near by orbits with sun powered solar cells, a rotational nature to provide them with a minimum gravity to walk in space, and with lunar rocks to safeguard our self against the deadly radiation

Man through his innovation and ability has learnt to fly and now is cruising in space. He has already sent many satellites to far off worlds in search of new species, new life forms and of a habitable place