To the United States . . .

I often forget what I write about. It is funny because myself and a companion of mine have a project somewhat related to this piece do next this Friday. We haven't even started. . .

During the course of the United States history, the country has been able to make innovative advances, leading the world in many categories including space exploration. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was founded in 1958, with the purpose of competing with Soviet Russia in the space race. It is important for one to know that the main priority of the United States at the time (pertaining to space) was to occupy the realm of space for National Security, with exploration coming second. This day in age anything that can be associated with creation or discovery is looked about as trivial matters, while things that strongly focus around military are of the utmost importance. Government funding limits the scope of research, disregarding anything that isn’t associated with nuclear science. Somehow in the last 30 years, the money for advances in S.T.E.M research has gone missing, while funds for military action against countries that do not concern U.S citizens are most abundant. SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) was undoubtedly an influential institution that allowed citizens young and old, to propel into a S.T.E.M career, on the backbone that searching for life somewhere else in the universe will be ever important in humanity’s history. The government funding for what some would call “starry eyed dreams” has gone to the gallows, and it seems as if life for the average scientist has turned into leading the United States into the world’s first nuclear winter. The United States pours more money into destruction, embracing scientific discoveries that will ultimately lead humanity into it’s own destruction.

This Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, NASA plans to solicit commercial space taxi proposals, so that the private space flight industry can revive American space travel. With the cancellation of the Space Shuttle in 2011, commercial/private spaceflight was directly looked to as the solution to keep the United States fresh in its approach to astronomical events. The California space transportation company ,SpaceX, has built the “Dragon” capsule. It has been approved for sometime now to start making cargo trips to the International Space Station, and eventually SpaceX will make more space vehicles for the purpose of transporting astronauts to and from space. Since its existence NASA has contributed to much more than space exploration, which is seemingly fit in this time of crisis (climate change). However, “the final frontier” as many have come to know it in the 20th and 21st century, is something humanity can not disregard, at least certainly not Americans. Companies like SpaceX are solutions to the lack of support from the government as long as there are wealthy investors willing to dump money into the field of space exploration.

An extremely wealthy wall street tycoon in the 20th century, Alfred Loomis is exactly what the space industry needs today. Loomis was somewhat of Renaissance man who housed the grand “Tuxedo Park,” where many of the first plans of the Manhattan Project came to be. The first chemical properties of Uranium where actually tested under the supervision and support of Loomis himself. He held black tie affairs where some of the greatest minds came together to develop the process of nuclear fission, which led to the creation of the nuclear bomb. At the time himself and scientist among him felt that they were fighting for the preservation of life, sadly that preservation was certainly limited American life. It would be easy for anyone to credit Loomis with funding the eventual destruction of humanity, but he is a great example of how the American people can come together to literally rebel against the oppressive government. With nuclear weapons being all the rage today it is only natural for the union to feel a need to protect its people. If one were to think about taking lives among lives away from humanity in the process warfare, they would see the results would be cataclysmic. Through commercial/private space flight, the people of the United States can ensure their own safety, while the government tries to harvest a global nuclear winter.

Among the great civilizations of humanity, exploration has always been something that is seen as natural must during the time of humanity on Earth. The United States in all it’s glory, truly began the first leg of space exploration with Apollo 11, and ever since has regressed due to presence of military conflict. Last minute attempts to salvage humanity at the forefront of dystopia would not benefit , for it would be to late. If for any event were to strike the Earth, humanity would need a place to occupy, to ensure the progression of the human legacy. With so many technologies growing everyday and so many things left to be discovered, the United States of America could play a crucial role in what truly defines humanity.