As a young boy I could not believe the words I read in books… that the stars in the night sky were really distant suns, billions and billions of miles away. I read about galaxies, enormous clusters of stars wheeling through space – that there were billions of such galaxies. The heavens were teeming with mysterious worlds.
Peering through the telescope at Ohio State University, near my childhood home, I saw many of these wonders, including the planets of our solar system and, of course, the moon, our magnificent many-cratered moon.
In those days of the 1930s even the most optimistic did not dream that mankind would ever travel in space. Today, following three decades of incredible space achievement, humanity is on the threshold of a new era in space exploration, one that will return us to the moon, on to Mars, and eventually take us to the stars.
Someday, humankind will populate the cosmos. The small space stations that orbit the Earth today will grow like snowflakes to become great crystal cities in the sky. The wonderful possibilities are endless—as endless as the infinite regions that surround Planet Earth.
The future is bright and filled with promise for us all. And the human spirit, driven as it is with an insatiable desire to know, to explore, and to understand, will continue forever to reach upward and outward
Mr.
Robert
McCall
Artist - McCall Studios Incorporated
National Space Society
Professional Category:
Arts
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