Terror touched the world briefly a few days ago, as news hit the world that 100,000 tonne meteor (reports have also stated a mass of 10,000) was in touch with central Russia, leaving behind a shock wave which shook cities. Luckily the meteor ended its journey in a lake, however the impact was evident injuring nearly 1500 people.
Aside from the surface of the story, what lies deeper is the instigated worry over the powerful forces of the external universe. We do indeed live in our own content universe where we feel that it is absolutely imperative that nothing goes undetected. However, how on earth can we possibly have the audacity to believe that we are bigger than the world, solar system or galaxy to have the knowledge about what is happening all the time? Ofcourse we don't, and nor should we be naive enough to believe that we have the intellectual capacity to predict and foresee the external forces outside our big wide world which at the end of the day, did give birth to us. Not the other way round. I'm sure it's charmed that we like to believe that we know so much.
Later on the same day as the Russian meteor incident, an entirely different story arose of the asteroid 2012 DA14 which had a near miss with earth, bigger than a space shuttle and with a gigantic mass of 130,000 tonnes. It is hoped that we will be able to have track of 90% of all entities by 2020... I guess we'll just have to hold out for the other 10%!
What I find one of the most terrifying things about this story is the proposal by a Russian leader that this was infact America testing missiles. I guess that with the recent North Korea nucleur weapons testing; it is hardly surprisingly that a country rich in controversy be on edge as the world shifts on their seats. After all, how can we possibly have harmony and equality when all economies and governments are trying to elevate their own country above the rest? It would be almost impossible, as no country is happy to be behind.. and then the disruption starts. Likewise for the powerful, they will not be threatened.
However back to the meteor, it is simply disconcerting that a Russian leader is prepared to make such a strong accusation on little basis. Let's hope that the media hype around the subject at hand is enough to brush this over!
Watch this space...
Annabel
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