The Techno-age, The Space-age

"Houston, we have a problem," Tom Hanks delivers his line like no other.  Apollo 13 recounts a true story of a space mission that went awry, and Houston's (mission central) uphill battle in getting these men back soundly.  Watch the men on board go through hardships that threaten their safety—drop in temperature, spacecraft failure—while stranded in space.  You root for their safe return on earth.  The movie dates back to the 1990s, but even then it was widely talked about.  Many movies are based on true stories and cover science-fiction genre.  Science-fictions are fictional.  But this one is based on a true story, and the triumph of the men's return to home and their families.  You have seen the actors in this movie:  Tom Hanks, Gary Sinese, Kevin Bacon, etc.  They were actors in movies where people interested in watching movies (in 1990s) have seen them.  It is not only a movie based on technology, but an in-depth connections of human relationships —their families at home and their families of co-workers in Houston.

Movies are a source of my writing inspiration, but I also watch them because I like them.  And this is a movie that shows our progress in science and technology—and the new space-age that has us consumers to explore more ahead.  U.S. was once the world's super-power and the leading front-runner in the world.  Our education system can be bettered—math and science especially—in advancing our science, our innovation, and thereby making U.S. the world's superpower once again.  

Here is my poem inspired from the movie (Window on the World is a name of the former World Trade Center restaurant before 9-11 Terrorist Attack):  



Window on the World

A window onto the world, out there—

Look out to just-out orb out of row,

On a junket—some lead to here, there,

Out-of-the-ordinary—look out this window,

 

 

Tap onto the globe, view you can't borrow,

Light-years into black outer space to a new restore,

From pole-to-pole for the trove to bear,

Find a new frontier then to furrow,

 

 

Window of chance hovers in a new gear,

Quest for a new trade, brush to know,

Strike—light a new hope—it’s near,

Pop the window—a jump to a new cusp tomorrow.