Thank you Nupur for posting this great piece. Now India is among the nations that are operating a rover on the Moon, and the only one that operates a rover at the lunar south pole. Therefore India is, as I Xed immediately after the touchdown, "a protagonist of our return to the Moon and our ascent to the stars."
It is good to hear that, for many Indians, ascending to the stars is a spiritual endeavor. We'll extract resources from the Moon, the asteroids, the atmospheres of the outer planets, we'll industrialize the solar system, we'll explore Mars, people will live on the Moon and Mars, and someday we'll go to the stars. All this is, of course, very cool. But the essential reason for starting our infinite journey to the stars is spiritual.
Tagore's words quoted by the South African president, “We are in a palace which has no end, but which we have reached. By exploring it and extending our relationship with it we are ever making it more and more our own," can be interpreted as an encouragement for our infinite journey. In fact, they are preceded by this passage: "The question is asked, if life's journey be endless where is its goal? The answer is, it is everywhere" and followed by other references to an endless journey not far from home, but within an infinite home. Tagore is right (as usual): the universe is our home and spaceflight is homecoming.
The population of India has these spiritual truths clear in mind, and Indian spirituality will have an important and positive influence on the future of spaceflight.
Great comment as usual Dr.Prisci but I must reveal as an editor you never cut or delete or do any biased modifications but rather enrich my work i.e precisely what Swami Ashikoananda said about Science in Swamiji' s great essay """Science of the Future and the Future of Science"" .""" Science will enrich religion The Divine will Awaken""
Nupur Munshi weaves very well the Indian culture and science inter disciplines, the amalgamation promises an integrated future prospect.
Go India go!
Go India GO indeed. Thanks Nupur for this great post. I'll post a long comment later today or tomorrow.
Thank you Nupur for posting this great piece. Now India is among the nations that are operating a rover on the Moon, and the only one that operates a rover at the lunar south pole. Therefore India is, as I Xed immediately after the touchdown, "a protagonist of our return to the Moon and our ascent to the stars."
It is good to hear that, for many Indians, ascending to the stars is a spiritual endeavor. We'll extract resources from the Moon, the asteroids, the atmospheres of the outer planets, we'll industrialize the solar system, we'll explore Mars, people will live on the Moon and Mars, and someday we'll go to the stars. All this is, of course, very cool. But the essential reason for starting our infinite journey to the stars is spiritual.
Tagore's words quoted by the South African president, “We are in a palace which has no end, but which we have reached. By exploring it and extending our relationship with it we are ever making it more and more our own," can be interpreted as an encouragement for our infinite journey. In fact, they are preceded by this passage: "The question is asked, if life's journey be endless where is its goal? The answer is, it is everywhere" and followed by other references to an endless journey not far from home, but within an infinite home. Tagore is right (as usual): the universe is our home and spaceflight is homecoming.
The population of India has these spiritual truths clear in mind, and Indian spirituality will have an important and positive influence on the future of spaceflight.
Great comment as usual Dr.Prisci but I must reveal as an editor you never cut or delete or do any biased modifications but rather enrich my work i.e precisely what Swami Ashikoananda said about Science in Swamiji' s great essay """Science of the Future and the Future of Science"" .""" Science will enrich religion The Divine will Awaken""