ASTR 2110 1st post

Hi, my name is Colin, and I am currently a student athlete at Vanderbilt University. I am taking 2 astronomy classes this semester, and hope to gain a good amount of perspective when it comes to knowing about space and our place in it. I’ve always enjoyed sci-fi and fantasy genres of books, movies, and video games. An idea I once heard that has always stuck with me was the notion that the people of today were born too late to explore the world, but were born too early to explore space. From what I have learned so far in my classes, is that we are a long ways off from doing any sort of deep space voyages. I think that despite this harsh reality, people long to explore something new because of the idea of being great and having a palpable goal to work towards.

Something that I noticed I did on accident, was actually consume 3 unrelated iterations of entertainment that all explored space during Winter Break. Those 3 things being the movies Star Wars and The Wandering Earth, and the video game The Outer Worlds. I’m looking forward to gaining a better perspective on a set of topics that I’m naturally drawn too!