Life on a Space Station

Seeing the world in a new window

"Houston, Apollo 11 . . . I've got the world in my window."

Michael Collins

Curiously two weeks ago I was reading From the Earth to the Moon by Julius Verne, and I decided to ask me about the possibility to go and explore other planets. Actually, I would like to live this unrepeatable and surrealistic experience for three reasons.

Firstly, I enjoy traveling, and probably I would like to know different worlds because it is a new knowledge, which deserves to be sharing with people of our planet. Maybe, it would be extremely risk, but as President John F. Kennedy said, "Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, 'Because it is there.' Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked."

Secondly, I would have many aesthetic opportunities to discover other landscapes, places, and, why not, new types of life. Especially, because we need to compare our reality with different realities. This is the only way, in my opinion, to underline the importance of the perpetuation and preservation of life on earth.

Thirdly, the most important reason for me it is about the possibility to appreciate and value my own world and my own life as gifts of God. With this trip I could communicate it is necessary to rethink our way of living, because a unexamined life is not worth living.

In conclusion, I loves learning, knowing and discovering. If I can do that traveling to new worlds, probably I would enjoy my own space odyssey visiting the moon, other planets and, why not, at the same time feeling my life in the hands of God.