This is where an engineer says "Challenge accepted." (Destiny)

by Quirel, Monday, December 01, 2014, 11:39 (3443 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Incredible, thanks for sharing. Between Sagan's narration, and the incredible visuals it was an incredibly powerful message.

This type of stuff makes me very emotional. In part because it's all I thought about growing up: exploring space and the solar system. A place of unimaginable beauty.

But now I realize it will never ever happen. The laws of physics are a bitch. Space is beautiful and peaceful precisely because nothing can exist there.

We will die on Earth, and all our accomplishments and history and discoveries will fade away and the universe won't even notice. We will never meet extraterrestrial life since the distances between us are insurmountable.

The fact that it can't happen almost makes thinking about it sweeter.

I'm confident we'll make it. True, it won't be Homo Sapiens that conquers the solar system, it'll be whatever comes after. If the human body is poorly suited for space exploration, we'll just have to design a better one. One that doesn't bloat up and atrophy in zero-G. One that doesn't start failing after 60 years of use. I'm not sure if this is going to be accomplished via prosthesis or brain uploading or some other scientific wonder, but it's going to happen.

The future is going to be great.