The Final Frontier
For those of you who don’t know Star Trek, that’d be “space”.
I’m kind of obsessed with space and space travel, really. Doubtless, the few regular readers left here have picked up on that.
I guess my obsession is really about getting out and away. Some days, it seems like the only place to escape is, well, to get off the planet! And, if the environmentalists are to be believed, I think we’ve done such irreparable damage to this planet that the only way to deal with it is to get off Earth and head somewhere else. So, yes, space travel and the colonization of other planets seems like a really good idea to me.
Anyway, when I think about space travel, I think about all the science-fiction movies and TV shows that have visuals of all the planets whizzing by at high speed. I’m sure it won’t look like that to us, but, still, I think it’s an inspiring image. And, that’s why I liked SpaceEngine, because that’s just the visual they give you. With their app, you can zoom to the far reaches of space, showing the celestial bodies with, or without, labels in a theoretical spacecraft you can control. It’s pretty awesome.
But, hey, it’s Friday, so why not download it yourself? Or at least go and check out the video on the home page, which gives you the basic idea.
[…] I’m kind of obsessed with space and space travel, really. Doubtless, the few regular readers left here have picked up on that. I guess my obsession is really about getting out and away. Some days, it seems like the only place to escape is, well, to get off the planet! And, if the environmentalists are to be believed, I think we’ve done such irreparable damage to this planet that the… Read More […]
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