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How Did We Get Here?<\/h2>\n

Lately (as in the past couple of years), I’ve been fascinated with the growth of space exploration around the world. Sure, it may have begun with a race between the U.S. and the then-Soviet Union, but in the past decades, more than 75 countries have gotten involved in the “space biz”.\u00a0 Clearly, heading off-planet is a growth industry, albeit one that costs a LOT to get into for most countries. Yet, everybody seems to be jumping on the bandwagon, and it’s pretty clear that the new frontier continues to beckon.<\/p>\n

Writing a Book about Space Exploration<\/h3>\n
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A look at our past, present, and future of space exploration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, I wrote a book about space exploration. At first, the publisher wanted a straightforward history. However, as I got to thinking about it, I realized that a true history doesn’t stop at a certain point. It may begin in the distant past, but it ends up just being a fraction of a second ago.\u00a0It’s basically “now”, offset by an infinitesimally short period of time. <\/span><\/p>\n

The book I wrote, called <\/span>Space Exploration: Past, Present, Future<\/em><\/a> became not just a “potted history” of space exploration. It evolved as a look at all the ways that our current space-faring civilization on Earth has gotten to where it is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But, it’s more than that. It’s part of our society in ways that you don’t think about. For example, as I wrote in the introduction:<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 There are also aspects of living in the Space Age we don\u2019t always associate with it: literature and cultural expectations, for example. The ability of a civilization to do great things is also affected by its foresight and interests, which are often expressed in its literature. For space exploration, that literature is science fiction and its writers take us on some incredible journeys of the mind.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Who knows where else their vision will take us? Humans have always dreamed about <\/em>exploration of the unknown, whether it was the next valley, the next country, the next continent, or beyond Earth. We\u2019ve always imagined what it would be like to fly like a bird, go to space, walk on another world. This is where science fiction comes from \u2013 the dreams of exploration.\u00a0 Science fiction has often been called the \u201chistory of the future\u201d, with <\/em>its including all-too-believable tales of space exploration and the people involved.<\/em><\/p>\n

Beyond the Tech<\/h3>\n

Space exploration is echoed in our art as well. Think about space art, space music, space-based movies and TV, and so many other expressions of “cosmic travel”. Also, think about the legal and political ramifications of space exploration. They’re inevitable outgrowths of space travel: wherever humans go, we bring along our social and cultural institutions.<\/p>\n

It’s all of a piece: humans and space travel. Not terribly different from humans and exploration of other lands in centuries past. It’s what we do. And, that’s what I examine in my book. I invite you to check it out (see the link above). We need to continually look back at our past, even if it’s one second ago because it’s what makes our future. Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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