Moving Off the Earth Will Require Urgency

 

by Ted Bailey 

All of the science fiction I write, whether it’s a short story, video game or up-and-coming book, requires humans wandering around a universe of extra-terrestrial planets with alien beings. It is that type of fun we all expect out of such stories.

Reality is all too quick to slap me squarely in the face of my mind, where my imagination flops harshly down onto planet Earth. Sadly, I wander outdoors to find the Red Planet up there and dream.

Humans seldom do anything outside of their "Urgency alarm status" telling them to do something or die. Otherwise, taking immediate action into the face of danger tends to be pushed into the procrastination shelf to remain until it is absolutely required.

So, the question of when will the urgency hit us to form colonies off the Earth, even if they are orbiting arks of survival? I believe we are very close to it, actually, squarely in the midst of those urgency alarm zones but ignoring the fact they are about to sound off very loudly.

I imagine you can see them yourself.