9.28.2016

Godspeed SpaceX

I was worried yesterday , i had a bad night sleep, after i saw the news on Mr. Elon Musk ambitions to Mars.

Honestly my first reaction was , science is not for playboys and  he is planning to invade mars, we are not sure 100% there is no life there !

Then i went to bed and i remembered Asimov , Arthur C Clarke, Sagan and many others and today i'm at peace again.

I'm sure this project of going to Mars will take in consideration many philosophical , religious , social , scientific and economical aspects of such
endeavor.

Mars should be, must be the next step in our path to evolve as a species.
We will be on earth , i hope, for many thousands of years, but it's time to start
thinking that one day we will need to leave home, as we do on our normal lives today.

Elon Musk said , and i think it's clear to anyone , that it's going to be difficult and dangerous the road ahead, but the true is, someone has to give that step
and dream on a time that dreams are most needed.

SpaceX has shown that dreams can be made real.

However i still have some issues on this matter. The timeline set by Mr.Elon Musk seems too short and ambitious. Probably the moon should be considered
as platform to reach farther desinations, also making thinks faster can result in mistakes , that in this case , my cause people to die.

As for the destination, i'm sure all considerations about the importance of whether there is life or not on Mars will be taken in account before the first boot sets on the marcian soil. Putting people on Mars with the intent to colonize make it mandatory that we are sure that no life, even microbial , exists on Mars.

I'm aware that Earth life may already reached Mars result of asteroids impact 
but still is important to be sure.

As for cooperation, NASA and other space agencies , are very important for SpaceX goals, and fundamental to get there. They're history of Mars exploration are important to avoid mistakes necessary to avoid. They're technical knowledge will be of most importance on achieving good results.

I hope, after a night of nightmares , that Space X and Mr.Elon Musk succeed on this fantastic endeavor, Godspeed !



2.08.2016

Meteorite kills human for the firt time in record history!




Mystery over an explosion in Vellore district has been solved after the Tamil Nadu government confirmed that a meteorite fell on a private engineering college premises on Saturday killing a bus driver and injuring two gardeners and a student.

Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced a solatium of Rs 1 lakh for the family of Kamaraj, a bus driver of Bharathidasan Engineering College at Natrampalli, who was killed and Rs 25,000 for three others, who were injured in the explosion. more  Here
THIS may be the first official confirmation of an object from space killing a living thing on earth this side of the 20th century.
On Sunday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa issued a statement saying the death of a man on the premises of a private engineering college in Vellore district the day before had been caused by a meteorite.
“A mishap occurred yesterday when a meteorite fell in the campus of a private engineering college in Vellore district’s K Pantharappalli village…,” she said in a release here, adding that she had ordered the district administration and hospital officials to offer the best treatment to the three injured.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jayalalithaa-vellore-explosion-tamil-nadu-cm/#sthash.HRVxqa8T.dpuf
THIS may be the first official confirmation of an object from space killing a living thing on earth this side of the 20th century.
On Sunday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa issued a statement saying the death of a man on the premises of a private engineering college in Vellore district the day before had been caused by a meteorite.
“A mishap occurred yesterday when a meteorite fell in the campus of a private engineering college in Vellore district’s K Pantharappalli village…,” she said in a release here, adding that she had ordered the district administration and hospital officials to offer the best treatment to the three injured.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jayalalithaa-vellore-explosion-tamil-nadu-cm/#sthash.HRVxqa8T.dpuf
THIS may be the first official confirmation of an object from space killing a living thing on earth this side of the 20th century.
On Sunday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa issued a statement saying the death of a man on the premises of a private engineering college in Vellore district the day before had been caused by a meteorite.
“A mishap occurred yesterday when a meteorite fell in the campus of a private engineering college in Vellore district’s K Pantharappalli village…,” she said in a release here, adding that she had ordered the district administration and hospital officials to offer the best treatment to the three injured.
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jayalalithaa-vellore-explosion-tamil-nadu-cm/#sthash.HRVxqa8T.dpuf