Thinking
about this topic has been difficult for me to narrow down an idea to write
about. My first thoughts come from my religious beliefs as I am sure many have
thought about writing their papers. I realized while reading Packing For Mars I had many thoughts
about being an astronaut myself, what an adventure that would be. It was
something I imagined as a child, but something I always felt was an impossible
options for myself and never even tried to pursue it. The universe is unbelievably
difficult to comprehend for me. Its massive size, its incredible pieces and
parts that make up our world. It boggles my mind trying to think about
everything out there that I don’t know or understand, like thinking about ‘forever’.
The huge possibilities, the enormous amount of things yet to be discovered. I
would love to be a part of that science one day, though I doubt I could be. The
fear of the unknown takes over my thoughts, I know little of the facts of space
but the movies terrify me completely.
What
would life be like without gravity, the limitations it places on our actions
after the way of life we are so used to living on Earth? At first thought it
feels like something incredible to experience, which it would for a little bit.
Then after time I can imagine going insane dealing with those changes. If I
went to space and could see even a part of what is out there, it is just uncomprehendable
to imagine the possibilities in this universe we know so little about. That is
my brains definition of the universe, a word I just made up: “uncomprehendable”.
That is interesting how you thought about being an astronaut, I often had thoughts about that possibility as well. I can see why you have a hard time conceiving the whole universe as it is bloody huge. Ultimately the universe does make up the world, and that is a good way of thinking about the universe. I can see why space is a terrifying thought as it is a large vacuum not inhabitable for humans. I agree that the change in environment might be nice for a while, eventually one would want to go back to earths’ conditions and gravity. With all of the different environments and possibilities I believe you are correct in stating the universe is difficult and often baffling to attempt to understand.
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