We are Lucky

We should be grateful for our place in exploration.

Sometimes I get sad, and mope around upset that I was born at the wrong time. The phrase goes something like “born too late to explore the Earth, too early to explore the stars.” And it is so easy to get caught up in it. But then, I stop to think. And, honestly, the amount of amazing things in our lives, just in regards to space exploration and learning about the universe, are almost overwhelming. It is essentially a coincidence that we have solar eclipses. There will exist a time on Earth in which the moon will no longer be large enough in the sky to block out the sun. And while we aren’t around late enough to explore the stars, we have witnessesed the first rockets landing back on Earth after launch – and the best telescope technology ever – and the first picture of a black hole – and the first detection of gravitational waves – and the first discovery of exoplanets. We need to be grateful. We are exploring so much, it’s easy to miss. How amazing!

SpaceX Falcon Heavy – the most powerful rocket in human history