First off, I'll start by saying what my reasons were for choosing this particular project as my futures project; other than being completely fascinated by space since I was a child, I (and many others) feel that it is imperative for our survival as a species to explore and further our knowledge of anything outside of our own planet.
It is easy to find out the various things that can happen to our planet and eventually, Earth will no longer be here. It is very important that when that times comes we have the ability to... Be elsewhere. If not... Well you can guess what happens then.
So, between now and whenever that happens, furthering our knowledge and ability to navigate space is a task of utmost importance! It is my goal with this series, to show kids the amazing things that happen in the universe, enough to hopefully give even a few of them a nudge towards pursuing a career in the space industry.
It was recently brought to my attention that the U.S government has actually cut funding from NASA (the U.S space program).
In this article it is explained that the US government is cutting funding to the NASA human space flight program, and by the sounds of it, essentially off loading the responsibility to outside companies.
The reasoning behind it, is the current state of the economy, the government sees space exploration of more of a luxury than a necessity, and in order to save money are cutting funding from space programs, which seems like a bad idea... Right?
Well, yes... Absolutely yes. But it may not be all that bad; companies such as SpaceX have already achieved space flight, and may even, given time, surpass NASA. Here is their website: http://www.spacex.com/index.php I'll take a closer look at them in a future post!
Now I'll try my very best to stay away from any kind of political bias, all that I am really interested in is that human space exploration or any kind of space exploration and study continues, which it will. Although America are currently the leaders in human space exploration, it will still continue from other countries such as Russia and China, India is also beginning to show interest in space exploration as well as the ESA (European Space Agency), which has in fact gained increased funding. At least everyone but America is still interested in Space!
Anyway! I felt like this was an important thing to mention.
I think my next post should be about the form of travel that will be used in the series! That'll probably in an hour or so! See you soon!
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