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Being upfront an honest, I would like to further the idea of space exploration. Without being pushy, annoying, preachy, or otherwise bad company-what would be an acceptable way to do such?

Areas such as:

1) The idea of a space ship costing as much as a car (prior to getting it up there)

2) Making rocket science easier to understand/enjoyable

3) Changing the perception from deathtrap/inaccessible to adventure


What I would like to do is:

1) Introduce a theme based on realistic technology

2) 'Translate' concepts from archaic to understandable and easy to use

3) Generate interest and creative spirit and unleash the beast that is this great place called Gaia

All while not being a p***k (the internet, me, and people don't always get along as I would like to-although not for a lack of effort)

There are points where the two meet. Mostly with names (Apollo, Jupiter/Zeus, Saturn/Cronus, Mars/Aries), you also have themes (the Norse bi-frost, Zodiac, the Gaelic tree of life [this ones a bit of a stretch]), and the idea of the quest (Iliad, Odyssey, ... any really gripping story if you think about it).

I'm only spit-balling here, but may I venture a notion that since technology past a certain point is indistinguishable from magic... (one of Clarke's three laws) that we lend science the mantel of magic. For me it seems a proper fit, that we should rise from kneeling Geeks and Nerds and stand proud as Wizards-but I'm a hopeless romantic.

I suppose the phantom in my mind of what might be, is a cross of: Science (discovery); what we typically think of as Magic (modern [learned] and mythological [gifted] {paraphrasing so hard right now}); and the poem Invictus (self-mastery). Yet nothing has yet to congeal from the creative goo.