With Gundam, Yoshiyuki Tomino created one of the largest space operas in history. Anime has inspired generations to look into space. Still, don’t consider him someone who encourages current space exploration.
This summer, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson and Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos they were launched into space. Next year, billionaire Elon Musk, who owns his own SpaceX rocket company, will follow the same. Among the objectives of these private space programs is space tourism, which like our colleagues in Gizmodo they have pointed out it is a waste, and even colonization.
In an extensive interview with the Japanese magazine Weekly playboy, Tomino talked about this, among other topics, including its development spinal canal stenosis, a condition in which the spaces of the spine are reduced. For some people, they may not have symptoms, but for 79-year-old Tomino, who travels it has become more difficult. “I probably only have three years left to work in the studio.” He seemed optimistic throughout the interview and, as might be expected about the space, gave his opinion.
As to exploration and colonization of the cosmos, Tomino mentioned that “politicians, financiers and space explorers are not thinking about how hard things will be in the near future.” Tomino noted that even the Apollo program allowed humans to simply touch the moon.
Continuing, Tomino said, “Don’t think about things like,‘ Isn’t it stupid to say what a territory is? [in space] is? To the core, what will people in the colony even do? Humans need air and water to live in space, right? How long will they live in space? »
(Musk has said some will never return to Earth from Mars and that the harsh conditions of the planet can cause death.)
Still, it’s those bigger, more real questions that don’t seem to be addressed by modern space enthusiasts, whose attitudes seem to be figuring things out. There are undeniable concerns. As Briony Horgan, an assistant professor of planetary science at Purdue University, pointed out Gizmodo, radiation exposure is a logistical obstacle to colonization on Mars. “As soon as you go out and do anything, you have problems,” Horgan said, adding that this is an issue “that a lot of people, including those at SpaceX, aren’t thinking too clearly about.”
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The concern is not just radiation on Mars. Tomino too he pointed out how raw the idea of launching rockets was and explained that rockets are an impediment because the toxic substances they emit tin impact the areas around the flight paths, as seen with the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia. According to a Russian scientist, the burned fuel killed a large number of birds and other wild animals. (Bezos, on the other hand, believe the reason why you have to go to space was to save the Earth; however, unless there were fundamental changes in rocket propulsion, the planet would be destroyed in the process.)
“You’re saying that because of recent non-governmental rocket launches, rocket fuel is polluting the Earth,” he said. Weekly playboy, clarifying.
“Yes,” Tomino said. “Think about it, please. Today’s rockets couldn’t carry 1,000 or more people to the moon, right? “That,” Tomino explained, “is why al G-Reco anime, has an orbital lift called Capital Tower. In 2015, Tomino said above that “things moving on this scale [on an orbital elevator] using artificial energy would be absolutely impossible with the green energy we have now. “At the time, he said more effort needed to be devoted to research, including space engineering. While such a thing is not possible, Tomino, at least, is thinking about the big impacts of space travel.
When Tomino created Gundam, was inspired by the American physicist Gerard O’Neill, who advocated space exploration. O’Neil was not alone. Louis Friedman, co – founder of the Planetary Society and author of Human space flight: from Mars to the stars, he said Gizmodo that there was optimism after the landing of the Moon about the possibility of colonies in space. However, he continued, no human spaceflight program has laid the necessary foundations for the colonies on Mars. Bases might be possible, but for now it seems unlikely that there will be colonies.
However, a Gundam, humans explore the universe and colonize. But we do not live in this world. I know, you know, and Tomino definitely does too. Seva skepticism is not new. In the past, Tomino was clear Gundam it is not reality. “The world of Gundam is unrealistic,” he said in a 2010 talk Zimmerit). When he delved into this, “It’s just an anime.” It is true that yes.
Acome in the world where do we live Joreal life problems, means they always seem set aside and thrown down the path.