Let me explain.
If an opportunity arose for me to go and live in space for months, years, etc, I would not hesitate for a second. I would leave my art, my friends/family, video making, education, everything, and go to space. I don't want to lead the life of the next semi-alright artist, the next undiscovered video maker, the next cool person on the town, the next person to live. I don't want to lead the life that many people have lead before me. I want to travel far into the universe, because humans are just little pests on the planet Earth, and I don't want to be another pest, another miserable worm. There is so much more out there than we could ever understand, but staying on Earth and thinking about it will never make us any closer to the rest of the world. I need to go there, I need to see the vastness of the universe, to feel the dark matter, to know that I am alone, and so be it.
What makes a human different from any regular animal? We can make art, and other animals can't. But think of this: if I was to go to space, to leave the comfort that Earth provides, that will make me an even more special human. And I think that's what we need to strive for, if we want to better our species, if we want to make the gap between humans and animals even bigger. We need to explore space more. And people need to stop complaining about how we're wasting too much money on space travel and space related things. People don't know how much we owe to space exploration! A lot of every day things that we take for granted were actually discovered for/in/because of space travel. So shut the fuck up and give 5 bucks a year so that one day the Mighty Kitten will be able to go visit Mars, and the Moon, and other galaxies.
New Gorillaz songs made me think of this today. My favorite is "Rhinestone Eyes" -
'while rain is falling like rhinestones from the sky'
I also love the visuals for "Superfast Jellyfish" and the song is fucking insane too -
'superfast superfast, I come in last, but just in time for breakfast'
My favorite song and video will always be Feel Good Inc.
My abs hurt from coughing all night.
Luckily for you, there's currently research going on about how to make beer in space.
ReplyDeleteGraduate student Kirsten Sterrett at the University of Colorado wrote a thesis on fermentation in space. She actually sent a miniature brewing kit into orbit aboard a space shuttle several years ago and produced some beer.
So at least you'll have that with you :P
You'd better sleep more. This is the essential criterion to visit the Moon. You should be a true sleepyhead to be able to go visit the Moon. I mean seriously.
ReplyDelete"...if we want to make the gap between humans and animals even bigger..." - you sound like an alien already, like quotation from the special alien's agenda to improve humans.
You'd better sleep more...
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