Every Age Gets the Mythology It Deserves
There&#x27;s a period of history where there&#x27;s a spotlight on something for some reason. You can think of many reasons that might be.<p>Greek mythology became very popular because there was a spotlight on mainland Greece, the Peloponnese, and the islands around it. The Greeks had felt a reason to change for the better. Many traders would bring new innovations like the alphabet and a simple notion of wanting to be better off than their parents before them. They believed in progress. Many ideas of thought and telling stories brought that progress.<p>The very fact that our language, thinking, and many ways of modern life are directly inspired by Greek myth goes to show the foundation they laid for us.<p>This is exactly how I feel about space exploration around this time. There&#x27;s just something special when there&#x27;s a first time in history where there&#x27;s a spotlight on one major challenge and the culture of thinking and progress emerges.<p>The amount of stories that has came from space exploration has brought some kind of fantastic resonance. They tell us about ourselves in ways that are not religious or preachy. Some may even serve as warnings just like the Greek stories of Icarus flying too close to the sun and drowning in the sea. But we come to admire these stories as well. There&#x27;s something glorious in trying to do something never been done before, even if it&#x27;s doomed.<p>The best part about myth is that nobody can tell you what it means. It&#x27;s personal. It speaks to each of us differently and how we think about the world.<p>Great article!