Welcome to the post-election era where we no longer have to argue about who’s going to win, and we can talk about the important issues: space travel.
The time has come to turn our attention to prolonging the human race and expanding our reach among the stars. Now we can address the elephant in the room.
Get it? He’s a republican.
With the Donald as our president-elect, what better time is there than now to leave the earth behind and start our lives in space? The age of exploration of the galaxies is upon us. To give you encouragement as we embrace this next stage of life, let’s look back in history to Nov. 14, 1969.
The Apollo 12 mission was the second manned flight to land on the moon, just six months after Apollo 11. Astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean stayed on the moon’s surface for a little over one day while Richard Gordon remained in orbit. The mission’s purpose was to achieve precision landing, unlike that of Apollo 11, which landed far off their intended landing point. The Apollo 12 also brought the first color television camera, which was destroyed when Bean accidentally pointed it at the sun. The mission was ultimately a success as they found the Surveyor 3 probe and collected parts to take back to Earth for testing. Conrad, Bean and Gordon returned to earth on Nov. 24, 1969.
Take heart, readers, if they could achieve a precise landing in 1969, think of the future we could have in space in the next few years. If Mars is livable, think of the planets outside our solar system we could survive on. Before you know it, we’ll escape this planet altogether and no longer worry about the future of the Earth. Join me, friends, as we pursue this necessary advancement in human life. Let’s fulfill our ancestors’ dreams and live among the stars at long last. Live long and prosper.
