The space age is upon us. Rockets are leaving our globe at speeds unheard of only a few years ago, to orbit earth, moon, and sun. Peoples have visited the moon, we have sent space probes to all but one of the planets, and words like “orbit” and “satellite” are picked up by children in the nursery. 

And how has all this affected the age-old pleasure of watching the starry sky? Has it made stargazing obsolete? It has not, and it never will. For we live on this earth and always shall. After the day is gone we shall go out, breathe deeply, and look up - and there the stars will be, unchanged, unchangeable. Even from the moon or Mars, or from Plauto, the outermost planet, the stars look the same as they do from earth. Stars- A New Way to See Them by H.A. Rey