What does Earth look like as seen from a 100 miles away?NASA has the answer. This February, Curiosity, a rovers in Mars shot a picture of Earth and send it back to NASA. NASA tweeted the photo that was sent by the rover via twitter. It is a success for the rover that was attempting to take a clear picture of the Earth for a few months now but to no avail. Now, with the technology of editing camera and its reception of light, Curiosity has successfully pictured Earth from Mars.
But what does this success implies?
Space exploration is just at the beginning of its career. There are yet millions of planets and stars to be discovered. The success of the Curiosity proves that our technology is continuously developing to further discover the unknown. With this continuous development, we are on the right track to broaden our body of knowledge about the universe.
How would this development affect people?
Virgin Galactic is developing a technology that would cater to layman. The company is developing an air-spacebourne vehicle that will bring tourists to the moon by 2043. Before, people have to undergo rigorous training and studying just in order to get to space. But in a few years time, the access to universe, if successful, will be available even to the ordinary people. We are bringing the universe closer to the people.What is the bigger picture?
With the success of these technologies, we are able to involve people more into science. People become aware of the things that sometimes, they don't care about. If these scientists will be able to bring the knowledge to ordinary people, people can start appreciating science more.
Source: CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/09/tech/space-tourism/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/06/tech/innovation/mars-curiosity-earth-image/index.html
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