The further we are, the more we realize that our existence is getting smaller. We begin to see that all around us, space is enormous. It's vast and filled with life that has been outside of our home planet's comfort zone. We also notice that silence is loud out there.
Back home, stars twinkle and shine right above our heads at night. A luminous night sky engulfs Earth's ceiling. Those stars look tiny but beware that looks are deceiving. Those stars do look pretty at a distance while up close they're pretty violent. Space is silent from down on Earth. It seems lifeless with stars shining to make up for it's silence but we aren't on Earth for now. We're light years away from the Blue Planet
There's only so much that our naked eyes can see back on Earth. Marvels such as the dancing Northern lights. It's silent, just like the stars and planets in space. Space screams in silences. Only our words can speak for it. If only space had a voice, it would express those violent collisions up there.Those words would probably leave us deaf. No doubt about it, space is Perilous, yet silently loud.
This reminds me of what happened in the book "Apollo 13." The crew was struggling to get back home due to a couple of explosions in their shuttle and I've read up to the part where they're finally heading home, The text says,
"'Hang on,' the commander said. 'If this is anything like Apollo 8, it could be rough.'
Thirty seconds later, the astronauts felt a sudden but surprisingly painless deceleration, as their ship - behaving nothing like Apollo 8 -sliced smoothly into the water. Instantly, the crewmates looked up toward their portholes. There was water running down the outside of all five panes.
'Fellows,' Lovell said, 'we're home.'" (Lovell & Kluger 334)
After a long, perilous struggle to get home, the Apollo 13 crew finally make it back. This matters because the entire planet was on edge watching whether or not these men would come back alive or stranded in space. This comes to show us how perilous space is and that the human race has experienced it in the past. A daily reminder that anything in space could go wrong, potentially claiming the death of an astronaut or more.
This reminds me of what happened in the book "Apollo 13." The crew was struggling to get back home due to a couple of explosions in their shuttle and I've read up to the part where they're finally heading home, The text says,
"'Hang on,' the commander said. 'If this is anything like Apollo 8, it could be rough.'
Thirty seconds later, the astronauts felt a sudden but surprisingly painless deceleration, as their ship - behaving nothing like Apollo 8 -sliced smoothly into the water. Instantly, the crewmates looked up toward their portholes. There was water running down the outside of all five panes.
'Fellows,' Lovell said, 'we're home.'" (Lovell & Kluger 334)
After a long, perilous struggle to get home, the Apollo 13 crew finally make it back. This matters because the entire planet was on edge watching whether or not these men would come back alive or stranded in space. This comes to show us how perilous space is and that the human race has experienced it in the past. A daily reminder that anything in space could go wrong, potentially claiming the death of an astronaut or more.