The Naked Sun is Always Brighter in Space

Just finished reading The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov . Amazed and delighted again by the story that was revealed. The truth behind many of the ideas were well thought out and influential into many other emergent thoughts that have been implemented in my mind over the last few years.There was a speech at the end of the novel that seemed to enforce so many things about human behavior that is cumulating recently. It was stated thusly.

“We are better suited than they [the Spacers] for exploration and colonization. We have population pressures [and environmental resource pressures] to push us and a sapid turnover of generation to keep us supplied with the young and reckless.”

This seems to be a point that is missed in the current ideas of space exploration. It shall take generations and small steps for it to occur. There is a BBC Horizon Documentary called Moon For Sale which hints at the goals of some countries exploration and exploitation of the closet space rock we can get to. There is the potential that Helium 3 can provided an abundant source of energy through nuclear fusion for earth and future space endeavors.

This may all seem to be a sci-fi fans wish come true. And it is. Aren’t most scientists as children enthralled by some sort of science fiction, be it Star Trek, Asimov, or some other form. They take this childish dreams and fantasies and while there are formally specialized to their field and careers by contemporary education systems they can combine their factually knowledge with their inspirations and dreams.

The Venus Project which I’ve been looking into lately also seems to be a collection of many innovative theorists ideas molded together to forge a new society where labor, money, and suffering can be eliminated for the benefit of humankind.

I’ve heard that we shouldn’t be worrying about space until we can handle our own affairs here on earth. This seems to be a little ignorant of the fact that we as individuals are becoming more accustomed to multi-tasking. Our societies, establishments, and governments have been multi-tasking for decades now. From the Kublai Kahn admitting his faults in knowledge and asking professional consultants for advise on how to mange the whole of Asia during his reign to NASA manning mission to the moon while world politics still continued on with the economy, social ramifications, industry becoming more productive while cutting out the human factor of labor.

If we can combine both a perspective that unites the scientific and technological advances that will come from human ingenuity in dealing with arising problems in space, these in turn may be applied to situations on earth. The wind always ends up blowing both ways.