Friday, March 27, 2015
Life Without Life
To be quite honest I had issues with almost all of these episodes. But the main one was Living in the Universe. I think the idea that life is too precious to have all of our "eggs in one basket" by only having life on Earth is kind of jaded. Life is precious but we love the life we live mostly because of the planet we live on. Our planet is beautiful. We walk outside with no space suits on, we enjoy nature, plants, animals, and the environment our planet provides. Mars is the planet that resembles Earth the most but even then the environment for the "space pioneers" is harsh. Mars has no ozone layer exposing the planet to extremely high radiation, razor thin air, and freezing temperatures. To withstand this there needs to be a bio dome for people to maintain life on Mars. The problem with that is Bio domes have been tested on earth and problems came about that had to be fixed by injecting fresh air into the dome; On Mars that solution would not be possible so everything has to be perfect in the set up. The people who choose to live on Mars have to live knowing that there's a constant threat of starvation if they are unable to grow their food in growth chambers and if they don't properly take care of the plants which provides them with oxygen. When they got outside in their space suits there are chances of micro meteor showers which would puncture a suit and lead to a painful death. To me this doesn't sound like life. Yes there are people there but what they are doing is not life. It would be torture to not breath fresh air, walk outside with no suit on, and to be confined to a tight space.
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You make all very valid points. Earth is a place for living. That is what we were meant to do. If we were meant to wake up every morning and put on a clunky space suit simply to go outside, we would have been placed on Mars. I am all for exploration, but to uproot us from our home and put us in a place to spend our days in a dome, nope, not for me! I love the thought of being able to breathe the air freely without worrying if, perhaps, it'll be my last. I don't want to worry about running out of fresh water, fresh food, or fresh people. I couldn't imagine having children in a bio-dome, and raising them in a confined space with limited room for exploration. Life for me is on this planet and I will never give up the glorious freedom we have here.
ReplyDeleteI would not want to live on Mars either. I agree that the thought of “living” in such a confined environment doesn’t seem like much of a life. For some reason, your post made me think of people on our planet who live their lives in confined environments by choice. Many people live in congested cities. They spend their days in small, confined cubicles or offices staring at the walls, which divide them from the outside world. After spending their days sitting, they go to the gym to exercise and keep fit. Again, they are confined to machines. For me, this sort of life would be like living in a bio dome where it is not the “real” world but a man made imitation one. I need open spaces, fresh air, plants, animals green space, and sunshine. Planet Earth is truly beautiful and we each must work to keep it that way so we can all breathe the fresh air and live unconfined.
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