All systems go

I have been listening to the Apollo 13 sound track over and over again the last week. I find myself re-living the lunch over and over again. But with me at the helm of this majestic and mighty ship. A ship that was doomed from the start. The mission was dubbed  "a successful failure." I can see the parallels between my life and the mission. As I stare at this picture and once again listen to the music i can't help but picture myself getting away. Leaving this earth and traveling through space. Creating my own mission. Maybe my mission will fail and my destination will never be reached but that is not important. The adventure itself is what will matter. The things I will see and experience that so few will ever get the chance to. The adversity I will have to en dour and overcome. It will be worth it to walk on surfaces undisturbed by humans. To see more stars then the mind can comprehend. To feel the weightlessness of no gravity. To leave all the problems of this world behind and just be free.

It's amazing what we can accomplish. To send ourselves into space. To orbit the moon and eventually walk on it. And when the worst happens we find away to solve the impossible problem. How can a handful of people get a crippled and dying ship safely home from space? It just shows what humans are truly capable of when we all work together. Impossible is nothing! So why can't we put all that hard work together to solve the problems here on earth? Why do millions of people have to starve? Why do some people have to live in mud huts and others live in giant mansions? We have the know how and the ability to make it so everyone can live in safe houses and never have empty stomachs. Why does man only come together and do our best when things go wrong? Why are we so stupid that we can't learn from our mistakes? It's time for us to work together and make earth a better place for all of us not just a handful. We need to stop taking and start giving.

So maybe one day I will get to go on my mission and maybe one day every human will live as equals.