"I tell young people and young people is essential to let the heart guide you. Follow their star, to follow the sentiments of his heart. No matter what the goal that one is proposed; the priority is to enjoy the road, because this is as important as the goal itself. Do not let anyone tell you can not. "
These are words of Franklin Chang Diaz , the man who has been walking while the space outside a spacecraft. If we give our schools the previous similar messages, and teachers were trying to embody, we would be changing the foundations of our society towards a culture in which people would be giving their best. In this world, sharing our dreams with others would be the greatest wealth, we would live from their dignity and brotherhood great creators replace competitiveness. Then we could talk about real progress.
Chang has had four years when he climbed onto the roof of his house to watch the stars ... it was his first ride space. This experience probably prepared his mind to be led by your heart, perhaps he realized that the wisdom that lives in it is superior to any knowledge, any thoughts. The countdown had begun ... contemplate those same stars from outer space itself ... nothing could stop being an astronaut ... Such is the power of dreams, unstoppable ...
Now let Chang himself talks about his experiences:
interview on "The Counter" from "La Vanguardia" by Ima Sanchis (03/02/2011)
60. , American national, born in San Jose, Costa Rica and Guanacaste and alive in Houston. Married, 4 daughters. The planet is suffering the weight of humanity, we must go into space. I am a believer. I'm more interested how the universe who did it.
on the dark side of Earth.
And the planet go?
... And you the feeling of loneliness pervades. Do you think you might have left floating in space and surrounded by stars.
... And you the feeling of loneliness pervades. Do you think you might have left floating in space and surrounded by stars.
Would you changed that feeling?
Yes, the world seen from space is so quiet that it is impossible not to be saddened by the wars that are happening.
Yes, the world seen from space is so quiet that it is impossible not to be saddened by the wars that are happening.
Well we send into space to those who call collateral damage victims.
I do not feel a citizen of a country but a planet. We are all astronauts live in a spacecraft that is our planet. One day the Earth will be the natural park of mankind, a beautiful place to come back to see our roots and not a shattered and unrecoverable. Space is the survival of mankind.
I do not feel a citizen of a country but a planet. We are all astronauts live in a spacecraft that is our planet. One day the Earth will be the natural park of mankind, a beautiful place to come back to see our roots and not a shattered and unrecoverable. Space is the survival of mankind.
a Latino to become an astronaut is not common.
I left Costa Rica in the hope of being at age 18, when space exploration was in its infancy. But as a child and was an astronaut, poured some chairs in a cardboard box and sat down to do the countdown, and visiting other planets.
I left Costa Rica in the hope of being at age 18, when space exploration was in its infancy. But as a child and was an astronaut, poured some chairs in a cardboard box and sat down to do the countdown, and visiting other planets.
What did your father?
was foreman had not been to school. We were a middle class family. A study was hard for me and I was rebellious counterculture against the Vietnam War, peace ... I was never anything special, I went to mass.
was foreman had not been to school. We were a middle class family. A study was hard for me and I was rebellious counterculture against the Vietnam War, peace ... I was never anything special, I went to mass.
And when was to be special?
Never, he was just stubborn, I wanted to go into space and be a scientist, despite not being a good student. I was lucky, I came to the U.S. when was the land of opportunity, with 50 dollars in his pocket and unable to speak English and there were many people who helped me. I worked hard and got a scholarship.
Never, he was just stubborn, I wanted to go into space and be a scientist, despite not being a good student. I was lucky, I came to the U.S. when was the land of opportunity, with 50 dollars in his pocket and unable to speak English and there were many people who helped me. I worked hard and got a scholarship.
What has failed?
a child I had problems in school, then with my parents. When I came to the U.S. I had great difficulty learning the language. The first school that I ran did not accept me, and I failed my first attempt at my doctorate. I had difficulties, but always a failure brought a better result.
a child I had problems in school, then with my parents. When I came to the U.S. I had great difficulty learning the language. The first school that I ran did not accept me, and I failed my first attempt at my doctorate. I had difficulties, but always a failure brought a better result.
What have you learned?
What you have to be persistent, have faith and optimism. Now I'm in a new chapter of my life, I just got out of NASA and I created my own company, another adventure.
What you have to be persistent, have faith and optimism. Now I'm in a new chapter of my life, I just got out of NASA and I created my own company, another adventure.
Space transportation at high speed.
Yes, I have patented a plasma engine that reduces the flight time. If you go to Mars invest seven to eight months, with technology VASIMR arrive in six weeks, to 55 km per second. The farther we can go faster.
Where will we live?
Probably in the next decade establish bases on the Moon and in the decade of the 30 we'll be on Mars, whose atmosphere will allow us to greenhouse plants that produce oxygen and nutrients. There will be self-sufficient colonies. Then colonize the moons of Jupiter.
Probably in the next decade establish bases on the Moon and in the decade of the 30 we'll be on Mars, whose atmosphere will allow us to greenhouse plants that produce oxygen and nutrients. There will be self-sufficient colonies. Then colonize the moons of Jupiter.
But there is a planet as beautiful as the earth.
In our solar system, but have discovered hundreds of planets orbiting the nearest stars and look forward to plenty of planets like Earth. We will scatter throughout the universe.
In our solar system, but have discovered hundreds of planets orbiting the nearest stars and look forward to plenty of planets like Earth. We will scatter throughout the universe.
And the aliens think?
Life is the norm, not the exception, and probably no life more advanced than ours and less advanced life, the question is: Will we be able to respect them?
Life is the norm, not the exception, and probably no life more advanced than ours and less advanced life, the question is: Will we be able to respect them?
¿...?
Have you seen Avatar? We hope that we do not make the same mistakes that were committed by the English with the Indians. Their children or their children's children will have to deal with it. These are the things that one asks when in space.
Have you seen Avatar? We hope that we do not make the same mistakes that were committed by the English with the Indians. Their children or their children's children will have to deal with it. These are the things that one asks when in space.
Not everything is beautiful from up there ...
The Earth is covered by a layer of scrap: thousands of dead satellites. Those who are in polar orbits are dangerous, they all are at the pole and there is a possibility of shock. When they do create a swarm of fragments flying to hyper, like bullets, and colliding with other satellites and destroy them.
The Earth is covered by a layer of scrap: thousands of dead satellites. Those who are in polar orbits are dangerous, they all are at the pole and there is a possibility of shock. When they do create a swarm of fragments flying to hyper, like bullets, and colliding with other satellites and destroy them.
Do you intend to rid the universe?
Yes, VASIMR. I want to lose those satellites to burn the Earth's atmosphere or throw the Sun
Yes, VASIMR. I want to lose those satellites to burn the Earth's atmosphere or throw the Sun
And turn the sun in the cosmic landfill?
The sun absorbs all these materials, the decay and become elements in the periodic table as oxygen, iron, platinum ... and integrated into the Sun, a sort of cosmic recycling.
The sun absorbs all these materials, the decay and become elements in the periodic table as oxygen, iron, platinum ... and integrated into the Sun, a sort of cosmic recycling.
What stimulated your imagination?
One night, after four years, I woke my sister, who was six, and climbed onto the roof of the house to eat oranges and stargazing. My parents never learned. Children are born explorers, are the adults who begin to shut the door, and, well, we just boxed.
One night, after four years, I woke my sister, who was six, and climbed onto the roof of the house to eat oranges and stargazing. My parents never learned. Children are born explorers, are the adults who begin to shut the door, and, well, we just boxed.
is not appropriate.
Today I accept the career I chose, my cut-off mark would be insufficient. If you cut a path very talented young man lost along the way, each has its tempo. Let them pursue their dreams, anyone tell you can not.
Today I accept the career I chose, my cut-off mark would be insufficient. If you cut a path very talented young man lost along the way, each has its tempo. Let them pursue their dreams, anyone tell you can not.
A crack
is a privilege that students can listen to the PCB of the UB to the doctor in Nuclear Engineering has made three spacewalks to 16 hours and has sensitivity and intelligence to learn it humanely, that has reinvented the 54 years creating the Astra Rocket Company, a Houston-based laboratory and in Costa Rica, do not forget their origins, where it designs and produces rocket engines that will revolutionize the future. A man of humble origins who devotes part of his money and his time to helping the poorest children in their land and that the drugs do not end with young minds. No one comes to nothing without the help of others.
Franklin Chang is now embarked on a new adventure, trying to make our dreams of traveling the solar system can be realized. Has created a company that is designing a plasma engine so important that it would reduce travel time and economic costs, two vital factors in space exploration. Let this dream-maker explain it to us by word of mouth
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