The night stars lie above as an
arc of wonder in a splendid ribbon of milky starlight that gently washes us in
the light of a billion years. What marvels may lie out there beyond the periphery
of vision and mans polished lenses. We see so much and yet can only still offer
feeble conjecture on the worlds beyond our imagination. Time to understand that
time and space are relevant to us, because we are in a world that is now beyond
our capacity to be sustained. We place a machine on Mars and yet it is but a single
grain of sand, positioned at the start of a vast desert. Noble and enquiring
are we, but I wonder sometimes why should we seek such enlightenment on the
altar of the heavens, while the world we inhabit is so full ripened for a
benevolent insurrection?