the giant leap

forty years ago, neil armstrong was making his way into the moon - and into every human history book. millions followed through the telly that moment, when the astronauts jumped into the moon surface. i wasn't born back then, and i kinda envy those who could follow such an event. so i hope the space missions move forward, so i can see the dawn of mankind's expansion through space. of course, i don't expect to live long enough to see us travelling between the galaxies or even the starts. it won't be in my lifetime that mankind will reach proxima centauri, the nearest star to the sun. i won't even be here to see mankind claiming ground on titan, saturn's moon, or even on mars. but i want to see more. much more.

in the meanwhile, i'll go on catching up with reality by reading about astronomy. until the day the science fiction i so much like to read can drop the "fiction" part.