Now it’s fashionable to tell why people will never (or in the foreseeable future) reach the Stars. Thousands and thousands of arguments are given that we are chained, simply nailed to the planet. But there are also converse arguments. We will consider them today.
1. DISTANCE BREAKABLE! The main horror story because of which we are denied in the open sky is gigantic, breathtaking distances. That's just the distance is such a relative concept that talking about it as an obstacle is simply ridiculous. There is a wonderful book by Radishchev, "Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow." This incredible adventure took him SIX days. Sapsan will now get you in four hours. The distance has not changed. Magellan sailed around the world for three years. Gagarin circled the Earth in 108 minutes. Technology changes and distances cease to be terrifying.
2. THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS NOT THE LIMIT. Yes, yes, now the great and crazy howl of all the witnesses to the sect of the "theory of relativity" will begin. These people forget that the "theory of relativity" is primarily a THEORY. It's just that at the speed of light, MODERN methods of measurement basically end. Yes, in some aspects the "theory of relativity" is confirmed, while in others, pundits carefully and painstakingly pull an owl on a globe.
3. TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCE HAVE NO LIMIT. Now they are proving with foam at the mouth that we have reached the ceiling and can’t continue to breakthrough, because we cannot violate the laws of physics. But we can violate modern ideas about physics! Superfluidity, superconductivity, even electricity, were once considered not subject to man. Many physical laws were not known a hundred years ago. As well as those who simply violated the laws then known.
4. LAZY HUMANITY WILL ALWAYS BE A MATTER TO STARS. There is an opinion that if we feed all the hungry, arrange a more equitable distribution of resources, and everyone instantly gets lazy and stops inventing. Sausages with legs will go around and eat endlessly. Such an erroneous opinion among people who consider human ingenuity to be a whim and entertainment. But ingenuity is the basis of human survival. It is not at all a whim that pushes us to come up with new nano-footcloths or spaceships. Evolution is a cruel thing and any human notion has postponed starvation, cold or some other (but necessarily terrible) death. With a club, you can drive a wolf away, but you can only make a saber-toothed tiger laugh. Another thing is a stone ax. And if the ax is also sharp, then you can go for a bear and eat well (members of the tribe remaining after hunting) So people invented, invented and will invent.
5. WE WILL FIND WHAT TO USE ON OTHER PLANETS. According to the results of several dozen automatic stations and the study of meteorites, skeptics have concluded that everything beyond the orbit consists of the same as on Earth. The moon was not platinum, and the upper layer of sand on Mars does not consist of diamonds. So there’s nothing to get in there? For centuries, Russia experienced extreme iron deficiency. And almost all this time, the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly was territorially part of Russia. They simply did not know about her. And they were not able to process such ore.
6. WITH ALIENS CAN BE LIVING PEACEFULLY. If, of course, do not allow idiots to communicate with aliens. There are two global examples of communication with (albeit people who are extremely dissimilar in customs and way of life) Western and Russian. The West destroyed the blacks in Africa and the Indians in America. Result: tens of millions of slain and annihilated peoples. The Russian way has always done without genocide. Not a single people of the Far North or the Far East have been subjected to genocide. The Russians have always tried to resolve conflicts peacefully. So for peaceful coexistence with aliens, it’s enough not to let Western psychos with a complex of God adhere to them.
7. PRO MONEY. Well, when all these reasons are voiced, howls about money begin. And it is from there that the hairy tentacles of those who moan about the "impossibility" of the colonization of space grow. My personal belief is that Americans (people) on the moon did not land. If you take their lunar rover, then the astronaut’s boots are fastened to it from below to leave traces. “A small step for a person is a big profit for a capitalist.” Everyone who proves that the Americans were on the moon comes from their own romantic desire to go there. It is only in the United States that hucksters rule, that is, people who are completely devoid of human emotions, except for greed. The USSR went into space in order to expand the knowledge of mankind. To fulfill the basic tenets of socialism - ensuring equal access to public goods, as well as the full and comprehensive development of all members of society. The attraction in Hollywood is much cheaper and allowed the American capitalists to put a lot of money into their bottomless pockets. So, if desired, money is not a problem. The problem begins when money itself becomes the main desire.
8. DREAM! This is the most important engine of mankind, which will overcome all obstacles. We will be at the Stars and on Mars blossom apple trees!