Today is my 18th birthday. So, as my first action as an adult, I think the most responsible action is to plan my future. Today, I am going to write about the part of my plan for life most relevant to this blog, my space habitation dream. This post is based on the Illuminated Mind post titled How to Start a Revolution.
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If I make my work, my blog and the reason that I go to school, bigger then me, then I will be unstoppable. I will be riding a wave of energy and passion, not only emitting from me, but flowing from everyone else who works on this. I feel it already, I wake up excited and ready to work on this dream. But, I'm like a fire hose without anyone holding onto it. I spew around with enough energy to put out a fire, but I'm not aimed at the fire. I need to clear direction to be effective. We need a clear direction.
Morning Passion
When I wake up, I will turn off the alarm on my blackberry. Then, I will scroll though my Google alerts relating to space and space habitation. These e-mails wake me up, reading these ideas gives me an energy that surpasses a cup of coffee. I can't explain it, but reading the life and passion spilled onto virtual paper by those in the space movement gives me strength. But, I don't step up on my soapbox after this inspiring wave. I will wait till the end of the day to blog. I feel this prevents the soul tied passion that I have for space. So, for this reason, I will start waking up early in the morning and allowing the passion of the space community to flow though me with it's full force.
Is This a Revolution?
The Illuminated Mind asks some interesting questions that, I think, lay a solid base for a revolution. I will try to answer them, but I am explaining my emotions. So, they maybe rough.
- "It has to be something you care deeply about and would be willing to devote your life to."
I think I answered this already, but, space habitation is what gets me up in the morning. This is why I go to school and study. This is why I plan to loss weight (no one would let me fight in a rocket at 220 pounds, yet I want to live in space. Time to hit the gym *nervous laughter*) My moral structure is based on space habitation. In short, everything I do is because of space habitation. I stopped watching TV because of this, I keep my skills sharp because of this idea. I find my self talking about space habitation all the time (I even annoyed my friends once, but I just fail at social life)
- "It should be something that will help other people."
Passion given to a human being is priceless. In addition to all the economic benefits, this movement will help humanity in other ways. Space is the one thing where we can fail pitifully and still positively impact the world. A rocket launching into space and inspiring a kid to work a little harder in school can not be priced. By working on space, we let humanity dream. This alone is worth our efforts. But, there are great benefits to space habitation. Furthermore, by opening up a new frontier to the world, a global sense of hope will be restored on this depressed species.
- "It should have a long term impact."
- "It has to be remarkable; it has to be worth sharing and bigger than you."
Becoming a spacefaring species would have a huge impact. Our very societies will change for the better. The world will have a reason to turn their guns away from each other and work together. Humanity will have infinite space in expand. We will always have a frontier if we accomplish this dream.
- " Your revolution must have a distinctive quality to it that is caused by you working in it. It wouldn’t be the same if someone else did it. But it is definitely a collective movement created by similar values."
I use the word space habitation as opposed to space colonization to get across a fundamental idea and belief that I have; what I think this idea should entail. If we colonize space we will only drag only a mindset which has only caused humans trouble. But, if we make space our home; if we make space our habitat , then we will treat it with respect and dignity. I believe that if we approach the new age, a space age, with a new mindset we could fix every problem humanity has. This can not be about economic exploitation, this has to be about home. That wording is a reflection of my values and what makes my movement unique.
Reviews of Progress
I have no idea what I'm doing. I love this quote from the blog post because it reflects the reason behind my wondering's: "constant movement in the direction of what you might think your vision is, that you’ll find what your true vision is". So, yes I don't know what I'm doing, but I will use New Year's and my birthday as times to review my progress and review the lessons my wondering's have taught me. All I know is that I'm passionate about the idea of space habitation, how to use this passion is a different story. But, this is good. Because I can not wait for clarity to begin this movement. I have a hazy picture in my mind of my dream, but I will still spirit towards it. Luckily, for me, I blog about my passion. This will lead to generating the questions which will bring focus to this hazy imagine in my mind.
A proposed flag for the supporters of the space habitation/colonization movement. Find out more at http://www.spaceflag.com/
Ideas For The Revolution
This is a list of all the ideas I'm cooking up to make the public more aware of space habitation and to generate excitement around this idea.
- Habitation Intention: The Book - one of the things I want to do before I leave college is to write a book on space habitation. I want to have it published for the next presidential campaigns in an attempt to put this idea in the spotlight. I want to spend to first year of college researching on space habitation, the second year writing the book, the third year perfecting the book and having varies people try to rip apart to book's argument and the fourth year promoting the book. I want this to be the perfect argument in support of space habitation.
- Working Title: Space Advocacy for The Space Cadet - After participating in Problogger's 31 Days to a Better Blog, I had this idea. I want to spend 31 days and write a blog series that will train my readers into strong space advocates. Then, I want to make a free e-workbook out of the 31 blog posts. I imagine this workbook being handed out at various space related conventions and meetings. Having a united roadmap will make the space community's efforts more effective. I will run this event every year, adding new tasks and keeping the roadmap fresh.
- Speaking - As soon as I get transportation, I want to start speaking about space habitation. I've been told I'm a great speaker and passionate. I really feel my writing does not convey my passion for the topic and when I'm speaking I feel the passion is me is transferring to the audience without interruption. I want to do it for free because I'm just a kid and not worth getting paid. Plus, I'm going to be using my hosts to spread my message and learning how to speak better.
- Space Habitation blogger union - there are a few blogs on space habitation and colonization out there. I think we should unite and share our resources. Maybe this could even lead to a magazine.
- Every revolution needs a manifesto, so I'm going to write one as soon as I feel worthy enough to write one.
I would like to leave you with Faith of the Heart by Russell Watson, what I consider the Anthem of the Space Movement. I really need your input for this plan. Do you think my revolution is a good idea? Thank you for reading!
