All of this space talk has got my head into a vision-kicking fit. Although for those who know me, I've been getting radical visions like these ever since my mother passed in 2004 from a long battle with cancer. These daydreams have led to my company's announcement of the Asteroid Mining Operations (AMOPS) program as well as a permanent asteroid mining base station and processing center in space by 2015. This project is extremely out-of-this-world for a penniless person like myself but that's what dreams are for. Even if I am unable to achieve such a goal, I hope to be a part of every aspect of human space development.
I can envision the construction of many space institutes that specialize in the space education of tomorrow's youth and even today's lost individuals that have no clue what they want to do in life. I have a friend that is a high school dropout and has been called retarded for most of his life. He became an alcoholic by the age of 17 and today he is married, has a child, and works at a gas station full-time. To most people, this person is a complete loser and really has no future, and believe me, because I've heard it come from his own relatives' mouths. But if you just sit down with this man for a short period of time, your brain could be overloaded with space-related topics, time-travel theories, and UFOlogy. He is also one of the most brilliant musicians I have ever heard. If there were anyone I would open the Payton Space Institute with, it would be that alien freak. We would specialize in Space Mining, Flight Control, Space Robotics, and Space Transportation technology.
At some point, an organization or all space institutes will need to start training Space Security/Military units. Although, I'm more than certain that a Space Security Force is already being planned and will be in place by the time private and government space organizations have a central hub for all space operations. The primary goal of this force would be to regulate and protect all space relations, whether it be research or trade. While there is no proof of life outside of our planet, that does not mean that a Space Security Officer shouldn't be trained to handle possible alien encounters, hostile or otherwise. It would be beyond foolish to send hundreds of men and women into space with the idea that we are the only ones out there.
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i would like to see man go as far as it can but getting there may be harder than people think. We mat have the technology but not the money to make it happen. It will cost billions of dollars to go to mars and what will we get when we arrive? A video, a few rocks and whatever else, nothing that could start paying for the enormous bill.