What an incredible time to be alive!
This year, already, we have seen
Quite the astronomical accomplishment
Coming out of Japan!
Photo-taking rovers have landed
On the surface of an asteroid
Three light years away--
And we're seeing images we've never seen before.
And this year, we are cheering
For such incredible scientific accomplishment--
"Look what we did with brains and brawn
And unlimited resources!"
And this year, we are dreaming
Of all that is to come--
Of all there is yet to explore:
Where next to go, what next to discover?
And this year, we are hoping
This technology isn't hijacked
By any number of global tyrants
Interested in profit and power.
But somewhere, this year, perhaps e'en today,
In an undisclosed location, nervous minds
Meet to discuss the gold mine
That will be these incredible rovers:
"How soon can we get them equipped
With timing devices and detonators?
When will we have the precision we need
To take out entire cities, countries or continents?"
For the truth ever is, friends,
That some great minds are interested
In exploration and discovery
While others plot devastation and demise.
And this year, it's not surprising, then,
That we read such headlines
With both pride in the human race
And a fearful, mortal dread of it.
News Article:
https://www.businessinsider.com/two-rovers-just-sent-photos-of-an-asteroid-3-light-years-away-2018-9
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