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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2015-01-09 10:00 AM

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100109.html

Andromeda to Rein

to sail the sea of stars
perchance upon a plane
the leveled tier of Mars
somewhere beyond the rain

Andromeda the goal
citizenry unnamed
filtered safe by God
as aliens untamed

what would be our acclaim
if should perhaps arrive
and meet with hospitality
promoting all to thrive

©Virginia Salter
January 9, 2015

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2015-01-09 10:44 AM

Seek other beings harbored on distant stars should be a high commitment for the space industry. Absolutely!

~*~ When they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

2 posted 2015-01-09 12:36 PM

We would probably do as was always done.Try to colonize and push our ways onto others if any type of human live there. I have wondered the same with all the time we have spent trying.
And I do not forget other counties are also trying. Who gets there first will determine but whomever does, I see disaster for any living beings who inhabits any planet we "conquer". Just my opinion. jo.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2015-01-09 12:45 PM

Thank you both for reading...to dream can be fun. Jo, perhaps any that survive this society will have learned something, and protected by the safety of God could provide a different outcome by then. Where there's life, there's hope. Perhaps it will be inhabitants of the New Earth when the "battle is over." Just saying...I know I won't be on this side of life when Andromeda is reached.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2015-01-09 05:42 PM

Wonderful image of Andromeda and interesting poetic take on it, dear Virginia. Speak to me of cosmos and I am always in awe!

Considering that Andromeda is 2 and half million light years away it really seems utopistic to ever get there, unless we discover a higher speed than the one known. For now, being the speed of the light a physical constant it all looks very complicated. But there are nearer places for our first galactic exploration (remaining in the Milky Way)... the Alpha Centauri System, 4.37 light years away. Small distance in comparison to Andromeda galaxy.

Most certainly our imagination of other civilizations in solar systems similar to ours is justified. Are they more advanced scientifically? Who knows. Meanwhile it is great to dream the way you dream and to imagine that there will be a friendly contact!

Much enjoyed this, dear Virginia.

Love
Margherita

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

5 posted 2015-01-10 12:28 PM

Thanks so much, Margherita. I enjoy APOD every day, it's a must stop on my daily internet time.

Glad you stopped and enjoyed the imaginative journey.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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