March 6, 2009— The Kepler space craft will be scheduled to launch into space on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, tonight. The purpose of this spacecraft is to search for “earth-like” planets. During the pre-launch news conference, NASA Associate Administrator Ed Weiler said, “This is a historical mission. It’s not just a science Mission, It really attacks some very basic human questions that have been part of our genetic code since that the first man or woman looked up in the sky and asked the question: Are we alone?” The Kepler contained a sophisticated, precise telescope that will observe more than hundred thousands of stars in the Milky Way. This spaceship will be observing the planets and seek out planets that are similar to earth.
After reading this article, it reminded me about my childhood—the entire period. All my feelings during my childhood—fear, obsession, happiness and excitement all revolved around space. The first book I had ever read about space was when I was four years old. After watching my first space fiction movie, I was even more obsessed about space. After reading all those articles about space abductions, it gave me nightmares when my age was not even close to two digits. This experiment is highly significant in my life. I was extremely thrilled to read this article and I hope that this spacecraft will find living life forms or a new home for us. I think the main purpose for this was not only finding a new intelligent life form but to find a new home also. The purpose of a new home is that we know that one day, the earth will run out of resources and will get too polluted to live in. Therefore, when this day come, we will have another place to live before the planet is destroyed. I hope that this day of earth’s end will never come. If not, we might all either have to find a new home or all get annihilated. However, we will need to be cautious about our environment and treat it more with care. When we have contact with a new intelligence, I trust that we could ally with each other and help each other. I hope that these alien species have the same intelligence as we do, so we will be able to communicate well with each other. Good luck, Kepler!
hyperlink: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/03/06/nasa.kepler.launch.planets/index.html
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