Leaving Earth

As the humanity readies itself for the take-off, the greatest burden is felt when we have to weigh the prospect of the new against the loss of the old. Those we leave behind we cannot forget and the future that could comfort us we still don’t have. Species like ours, constantly exploring, is strained by that limbo between the familiarity of the old and a need for the new. Let us hope that this time we do better than the last, and not forget the ones we leave behind. With these words we leave Earth.