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The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts observing Earth from space. Researchers have described this effect as “a state of reverence for transcendent qualities evoked by a particularly vivid visual stimulus.” The most notable common aspects of personal perception of the Earth from space are appreciation and perception of beauty, unexpected and even overwhelming emotions, and a heightened sense of connection with others and the Earth in general.
Michael Collins, spaceship crew member “Apollo 11 (1969), said: “What me really surprised, so it’s then, what Earth radiated atmosphere fragility. И why, я not know at this day. У me was Feeling, what she tiny, shiny, Beautiful, native и Fragile“.
Edgar Mitchell, who was on board “Apollo 14 (1971), recalled: “You are instantly developing global consciousness, orientation at people, strong dissatisfaction state of the world и coercion what–then с by this do. С Moons international policy looks like this Small. You are want capture policy for pucker, drag him for quarter million miles и say: “Check out at it’s, Bitch…”.
Let’s think about the overview effect and assume that space tourism can help people feel more connected to Earth and to each other.
Traveling into outer space and looking at the world from there makes us realize the fragility of our little blue ball and how dependent we all are on each other. From this it is easy to see that we all breathe the same air, eat the same soil, and drink the same water.
Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem that space travel will change much in the way we relate to our planet. Because the people at the helm, the people in charge, don’t care. In April, António Guterres, secretary general of the UN, expressed his opinion about such people in the most flattering terms: “Some governments и business–leaders they say one, а do other. Easier Saying, they lie“.
When you read this, you want to send politicians into space, make them look down on the Earth, as Edgar Mitchell suggested, and leave them floating there until they change.
But seriously, of course, they themselves will not and cannot change anything. Politicians only care about one thing: control. They don’t see or feel anything else. As long as they are alive, they want to be on top, and nothing else matters to them.
What can we do about it? If enough people change their perception of life and understand that solidarity and mutual concern are more important than pride and power, then perhaps the views of politicians will also change. People in power will not change from within, but they just might realize that in order to stay in power, they must embrace values such as caring for others and compassion rather than vanity and self-centeredness.
In conclusion. We need a thorough educational process so that we become not just human beings, but humane beings.
