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SPACE EXPLORATIONOVER CLIMATE CHANGE?It is of no surprise that the amount of money spent on space research andexploration is in the billions. However, over the years, the exploration ofspace has obtained extraordinary results which could have come about byother means of improved technology anyway. As ignorant as it looks, it ishard to deny the fact that global warming is, in fact, real and the earth isfacing impending catastrophe. ese include not only climate change but alsothe disappearance of the rainforest, ocean pollution and the desertification ofareas, about the size of England, each year. However, we tend more to care for exploringspace than to save our planet. Hence, it would be obvious to say and believethat, as humans, we are incredibly obsessed with the economic crises morethan the global disasters coming to the planet.Having lived in Australia for approximately three years now, and contributed totwo space exploration projects under NASA (climate change research and designingCUBESAT for NASA's 2025 Europa Mission), I have had the time to consider space explorationnothing but a gross waste of time, effort and money. With proper management ofutilities we have today, we could use the same resources to save the planet, thus eliminating thethought for human settlement outside planet earth in the first place. We don't see it, but historyhas been clear evidence of civilisations falling by over-exploiting their environment. For example,the Maya civilisation collapsed in about 900 AD after they over-exploited their environmentand made efforts for space exploration.Mr. Lenin JacobHistory books suggest that any civilisation will collapse after 500 years, before which there will bemassive cities, where people will be living in the suburbs but operating in the city. Inarguably though ourterrible selfishness for development leads to the extinction of an entire culture. is change in our priorities is preciselywhat we are experiencing today. We are overlooking the disastrous effect of climate change, drought, warfare andfamine and investing our capitals into exploring space. If, for instance, the collapse of a civilisation is a recurrent pattern,then as humans, we must be looking at ways of managing our planet's resources in establishing a sustainableliving, before we collapse. We cannot achieve sustainability by charging off into space or by wasting an unbelievableamount of money in pursuit of some chimera that ‘might’ come back with some valuable mineral for the human race.Over the last 65 years, researches have proved that climate management is possible by seeding clouds. “Cloud seedingis a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds by dispersingsubstances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical processeswithin the cloud.” is means that we can make it rain when we want it to rain. e Chinese and the Russians havebeen doing it for some years now. For example, China performed cloud seeding to prevent rains during the openingand closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics. Similarly, it never rains on the Victory Day Parade in Russia(cloudseeding, again!).In conclusion, we have the technology to save life on our planet today, but we tend to invest our resources in exploringlife outside our planet. I firmly believe we should devote these massive resources into saving our life on this planet, andtake technology like cloud seeding from the military into the civilian world. ink about it. We are investing billionsof dollars each year into space exploration, whose results we wouldn't know until at least 200 years from now. Whatif in these 200 years, we over-exploited the environment and collapsed as a civilisation? What if our planet ran out ofresources and we extinct? Will the money invested in space exploration be of any benefit without a single life remainingon earth to witness it? However, on the other hand, if we spend the capital we have today into the hands of climatologists,we could produce lasting benefits for humankind by reversing the effects of climate change and global warming,thus extending the life of our planet for the coming generations. Space exploration is not bad science; it is just awaste of time and money, given the immediate attention our planet needs right now.St. James CSI Church, Bhopal20
Faith’sunknown battLegroundMr. T. KuruvillaWhen I thought of writing this article, the word “MI-NORITIES" came to my mind. In our case, we the Christiansare minority in our country. Fighting for the rightsof the community is the real battle since long and veryfierce now. We certainly must not have the way of Jesuswho neither adopted violence as a strategy, nor countenancedit among His disciples. But he never hesitated toasked" can any of you prove me guilty of sin?". When hewas on trial on trumped up charges, He knew that itwould be nothing but mockery of Justice. He openlyasked the rulers why they question Him. While giving certaindefiant answers He was slapped. Jesus no doubt didnot rise up in arms to fight the injustice but neither wouldhe allow them the luxury of an untroubled conscience byletting the injustice go unchallenged. He did then was toengage in “law talk".We all have faith in our religion and in it's doctrine. etotal freedom to practice our faith within a specific frameworkis the real necessity for which we are closely linkedwith the Constitution of our land in which “FundamentalRights" are clearly outlined. e word fundamental isa loaded one. It implies that the given rights are basic, essentialand foundational. While following, implementingthe teachings of our Lord, all those involved are forced to21safeguard the liberty of the human spirit against the involvementof “other forces".All those who are in the ministry of the Lord are directlyor indirectly discriminated on the basis of religion. His servantsare to confront many hurdles to keep the constitutionalagreement on the freedom of speech, assembly, association,movement, residence and occupation in additionto protection of life and personal liberty. Hostility is inevitablewhen we follow Jesus.Many religious groups may oppose us. We ourselves willbe blamed. We the Christians have the assurance thatGod is in control of everything. He says "I AM WHO IAM". He is constant. Does not give up on us. Does notdesert us. Another fact is the "CROSS". It has been understood in many ways. Some people think of it as a Christiansymbol. As such it has only ornamental value. It isplaced on top of the worship places or worn as a pentagona chain. Others think of their little sins such as badtemper. Someone suffering from chronic illness mentionit as a cross.I AM WHO I AM
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