Future: Life at Home

 

          The picture above properly named, Vintage Visions of the Future, depicts lifeforms in two spaceships that have successfully landed on the moon in view of the Earth. As the larger rocket seems to feature only a ladder to let humans get down, the smaller ship shows two pilots at the front showing that human life may migrate to another planet. This picture could possibly connect to Environmental issues in the future, but it definitely shows the advanced technology in store. Personally, I think it would be cool to live on the moon, or another planet in general. As scary as it would be, the experience would be literally unworldly. Unfortunately, not knowing whether there will be resources enough to sustain the human race would be quite a set-back. Humans would only have enough resources to sustain themselves for so long on another planet. Either way, it would be widely interesting to think about living in the future without an Earth beneath us. 

          To see the author's purpose, one would begin to question how a place like the moon (as depicted in the picture) would be enough for humans to immigrate to. It would be difficult for humans to adapt to a place portrayed in the picture, where it would be full of space rocks and matter, as a opposed to the rich Earth that we live on now. It is undeniable that the environmental issues that arise through this picture deal with a deficiency in natural resources. Eventually, the world may run out, and force us to resort to immigration to another planet. Additionally, it shows how advanced we can possibly get, looking at the mere fact that we will be able to transport people to foreign places. Surely there must be a limit though, how many people would be permitted to go? Would only the most important take priority over those who are mere citizens? How quickly one's mind can reach a dark place, imagining a future where people are fighting to get off of the planet. 

          At any rate, I still think it would be pretty awesome to be able to travel in space. It would be a childhood dream coming to reality.