That’s the Cassini probe looking back at us from behind Saturn. The little dot? Earth.
Our whole planet. Six billion people. Despite all the stuff we think is worth fighting over, we’re all together on that little speck.
We can still send things out there. We can still do things like this. Tell me we can’t afford it, and I have to ask where our priorities really are.
One thought on “Alone in the Black”
Gandhi said once, “The world is my country, to do good is my religion.” Other great souls have used different words to say the same.
I am a refugee, seeking asylum in that great country. I envy astronauts, for they are its natural-born citizens.