The Greater Good of Science

There was a time � and very recently � when the idea of the possibility of learning the composition of the celestial bodies was considered senseless even by prominent scientists and thinkers. That time has now passed. The idea of the possibility of a closer, direct study of the universe will today, I believe, appear still wilder. To step out onto the soil of asteroids, to lift with your hand a stone on the moon, to set up moving stations in ethereal space, and establish living rings around the earth, the moon, the sun, to observe Mars from a distance of several tens of versts, to land on its satellites and even on the surface of Mars � what could be more extravagant! However, it is only with the advent of reactive vehicles that a new and great era in astronomy will begin, the epoch of a careful study of the sky� The prime motive of my life is to do something useful for people� That is why I have interested myself in things that did not give me bread or strength. But I hope that my studies will, perhaps soon but perhaps in the distant future, yield society mountains of grain and limitless power.

Notes:

As described by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who predicted space exploration through reactive vehicles and expressed his hope through a better world through his research in 1912.

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Selected Works of Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Tsiolkovsky , Konstantin E. (2004-11), Selected Works of Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky, Univ Pr of the Pacific, Retrieved on 2012-01-01

Source Material [books.google.com]

Folksonomies: science cosmism

Schemas

07 MAY 2011

The Good Science Does Society

Memes about the good Science does the world.

Folksonomies: enlightenment science