Cybernova

For as long as I can remember, I have scanned the skies with an insatiable curiosity to learn more about the universe we reside in. Spending evenings gazing at twinkling celestial bodies, contemplating what life might exist in the furthest reaches of the stellar horizon, I came alive. Pondering if there were microbial organisms on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, how Mars may have looked with running water, if the ‘Wow!’ signal from Sagittarius had any credence, whether or not Sagan’s golden record and the star map to our planet would ever be found by extraterrestrials. All of these questions plague me to this day; curiosity being the catalyst that sparked my lifetime obsession. 

I have been fortunate enough to have encountered kindred spirits throughout my adventures on this amazing planet of ours. People with their eyes perpetually skyward, and only with whom can I share the innermost workings of my cosmo-centric mind. Some of the best conversations of my life have been spent discussing theoretical propulsion systems, the accomplishments of NASA, and everything in-between. When space geeks get together, all of the titles we use to define ourselves melt away, and we humbly unite as curious, intelligent beings of planet Earth, seeking to define what we have yet to understand or explore: the final frontier. 

Far too often we take the immediate access and trade of information for granted. We are undeniably fortunate to have attained the technology we have today. Ancient astronomers spent lifetimes researching, waited decades for a transit, and literally went blind trying to gain information that today we can reach with several keystrokes. It would be a tremendous waste of their sacrifices, and of our intelligence in general, not to continue their pursuits whilst standing on the shoulders of aforementioned giants. 

Stay curious, my friends…