Not long ago, I was talking to a conspiracy theorist friend of mine, who is fully into the whole UFO concept, and aliens from outer space. In fact he travels to Roswell once a year for their annual convention and anniversary of the Roswell Incident. He is a fun person to talk to, as long as I don't have to talk to him for too long, because he gets really into the conspiracy thing.
Nevertheless, the other day over coffee I asked him what if the aliens from Roswell are not actually aliens at all, what if they are genetically engineered species created by humans for long-term space travel? What if they are us or they share our DNA, and were created by us in the future and sent back to past periods. And what if they were doing fine in their time travels but unfortunately their spaceship crash when it entered the radar field area which disrupted their anti-gravitational system or their propulsion system, causing them to crash land in Roswell?
After I asked him this question, because as you probably realize I am a science fiction reader, I just smiled and leaned back, to hear what he had to say. Oh, he was livid, he sees this alien encounter as a great conspiracy, almost as if it's a religion of some kind, it's totally bizarre. Still, the question that I had put forth is worth thinking about. Not from a conspiracy theorist standpoint, but rather from a science fiction standpoint of what we might have to do with the future if we want to travel to the stars.
Humans have too many bones for zero gravity space flight long-term, they really don't handle radiation very well and there is a lot of radiation in space. Humans also eat too much for long-term space flight. However if we could solve those problems through genetic engineering we could send people or genetically engineered species which are almost like humans to do the exploration for us.
Maybe NASA should be thinking here (hint: they already are), and maybe we can use whatever we learn to help modified human DNA to use less energy here on Earth, to eat less, and get rid of some of things we don't need. For instance, we don't need a tailbone, and our feet look pretty funny considering that we wear shoes. There are a lot of things on the human body that are not exactly what we need to survive here on this planet, and these things could be modified, which would make our lives easier and more adaptable.
It would also make sense to do this for those that want to live in space colonies so they can survive for long periods of time without those same conditions that are here on Earth. We should study this, even if we choose not to genetically modified humans in the future. Merely because what we learn can help with future health care, and the health of all humans on this planet.
Let's face it, the transfer technologies from NASA research has transformed the way we live and work. It is amazing and no one can deny that much of our modern amenities have come from space research, such as materials used in everyday life, to the technology in our air-conditioning systems cars. Indeed, much transfer technology also comes from the military tech research; the Internet, Satellites, nuclear power, and jet aircraft transportation.
Anyway, I hope you will please consider all this.
References:
1. Article in Homeland Security Newswire; "DARPA looking to edit soldiers' DNA to boost performance," Published 4 February 2010, written by staff.
2. Article in NASA News Online; "NASA Space Technology Could Transform Life On Earth," by Ruth Dasso Marlaire, report release # 10-88AR and posted on Oct. 20, 2010, from NASA's life support research, scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes it's hard work to write 21,300 articles; http://www.bloggingcontent.net/
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