Me In Next Five Years?

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  “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt 

 


Today while writing this, I thought for the first time what I will be doing in the next five years of my life. 

I believe that these will be some of the most important years of my life. In these years, I will be working toward becoming a space researcher with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). I have had an interest in astronomy since my childhood. It is very fascinating to know about something that is far beyond our sight. While learning about the solar system in school I got interested in finding out more about space.  

 

 I always had a curiosity for the twinkling stars and the attractive moon in the night sky. I used to ask myself “How far are these stars and planets? Why do we send satellites to these planets? Is time travel possible?” The Launch of Chandrayan 2 flooded the news and social media in early July 2019. Despite the crash landing of the Chandrayan 2 on the moon, the related live coverage on television evoked my curiosity in Space Research. I started reading to know more about the field. On reading, I understood that humans had explored space to a large extent. The book “The Hyperspace” and “Physics of the impossible” by Michio Kaku discuss research on blackholes and wormholes. There is still much more to be explored in these areas that I wish to be a part of these unexplored research areas in 5 years. 

 

Apart from blackholes and wormholes few of my other interests in space research are in higher dimensions, space stations and satellites. Higher dimensions started to become interesting when I started to read the book flatland by Edwin Abbott where he talks about the life if the life on earth were 2 dimensional. The International Space station functions as a home to all crews/astronauts from all over the world. The ISS improves knowledge about the effects of long-term space exposure on the human body. Various satellites are sent to planets in order to research the unknowns about them. Chandrayan 2 was sent to the moon to search for water on the moon and also do some research on the dark side of the moon. Satellite Mangalyaan was sent by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to check if Mars can be the second earth to humans. Mangalyaan discovered that dust storms on Mars can rise up to hundreds of kilometres, it learnt about the surface properties of mars. 

 

All these interesting findings with innovative technologies motivate me to learn more about space and research, to dedicate my next 5 years to learning about space technology and making that my career goal.


Will I keep the enthusiasm I have now and make this dedication happen and possible? I am not sure, I am sure at the moment, I am very much excited about all these and hope to continue reading and doing whatever possible. 

 

-Arnav Angarkar 

 

 

 

 

 

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