Being a bit of a space/science nut and also a sci-fi lover I often read articles related to these things when I get a chance. Yesterday I happen to stumble across a few images of some old space station ideas dating back to the 60’s/70’s with the O’Neil cylinder/Three island concept. People that time had really grand ideas where we would be by ‘now’. Perhaps it was a bit ambitious but at least they dreamed and saw some hope for ‘all mankind’.
Fast-forward to present time. We have no big space stations, regular space trips, no bases on the moon or mars, no traveling to the stars – not even (tangible) plans for any of these in the immediate or near future. Seems everyday things like politics, money, power (the political kind) are too important for anyone to still have great dreams for ‘man kind’. Funny, all those things are the ones our ‘mothers/fathers’ warned us about to avoid… but we don’t listen, like usual.
Even on the fictional track of life things are dying. When last did we have a good sci-fi show (space oriented)? I’m busy watching the whole Babylon 5 series on DVD and this is probably what started making me think about these things. I long for the times I had ‘time’ (and the willpower) to do proper reading of a good sci-fi book. The last book I was busy with but somehow abandoned was the third Rama book (like in Rendezvous with Rama). Damn, I must make time for that again… Why did sir Arthur C Clarke had to go and die? I miss him!
Why did ‘we’ stopped dreaming big?
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