TO BE CONTINUED..

                                         


                                          Time has really lost its meaning. I never really understood what it is for time to lose its meaning, until now. It is just darkness I see. Maybe there are huge cosmic objects floating around and flying by. But all I see is darkness. There is something pressing me hard. It feels like I’m trying to float in a crude oil pool. Sometimes I doubt if I am dead, already. But no, I feel my breath. Feeble but present.

                                           Memories come flashing by. There is nothing else that I can hold on to. It was 2053, August 12th, if my memory still serves right. I boarded CosmoCraft III, with such a pride. Arya, my name flashed silver in the nameplate on my suit. CosmoCraft III is to be first successful space vehicle to go cosmic journey, with a human. The first two crafts were a failure and Indian scientists were all determined to make this one a success. After all, India will be the first one to try this one crazy idea.

                                          It was kind of a war journey for India, that day. But not for me! I was at last, making my way to my destiny. The destiny which has been calling out to me, from up above, for as long as I can remember.

                                         Well, my personal life was crazy. I ran away from my family. The only thing that ever mattered was my crazy love for the horizon. Because whenever I couldn’t hold my emotions together and break down, stars and sky had been my only constant presence.

                                          I had this list of crazy things that I so badly wanted to do in my life. I’m not such a fan of Time-travelling. There is no assurance that you come back to where you started. So I always live in the present and be as crazy as I can be about it. Striking off every single thing in that crazy-list has been my goal. And as CosmoCraft III plunged into deep space with me in it, I struck off the last crazy goal left in my list.
     
                                           The idea was for me to board the CosmoCraft III and journey as far as it can take me out into the deep space and relay the data I gather, back to earth. It was not possible to travel faster than light but closer. But humans did find a way to generate almost infinite amount of energy to keep the craft going.
           
                                          The craft was designed to absorb energy from velocity of the heavenly bodies, including comets and asteroids. So there supposed to be no real problem at all. But the craft couldn’t survive after 15 earth years. I hit on a dark spot where there was literally nothing to draw energy from. The craft started shutting down and I couldn’t steer my way back or move forward. I had to eject out from it. The craft had just gone, drifting away. And so here I am in this dark place, all alone. I don’t know how many hours, days, months or years have passed since then. The interesting part is that I can’t die that easily. Interesting right? How?

                                         While doing my research on blending humans and machines, I found a way of twinning. Like Quantum Entanglement, it’s possible to entangle a person with oneself. Let me explain, I split myself into half and pair it with the robotic-metallic counterpart. I had to be divided in such a way that I’m human as much as metal. So I become two separate being with same thoughts and action (with equal human-metal parts). That way I can mirror my twin from anywhere.

                                        That was a very complicated process. And I had a 0.0000000001% survival rate. But I made my decision and went over the process. The difficult part was to choose which of my parts would be metallic and which ones flesh. For me, metals are needed to complete me not define me. After several hundred simulations we found a solution that might work. I took my chance.

                                         Since I (and not algorithms) needed to make logical decisions out here in space, my left brain is flesh and the right robotic. You get the idea, right? Of course, there are few common things like blood circulation and breathing. Since I don’t age as faster as my earth twin, I got the human heart and lungs. And the oxygen tank I carry is of liquid oxygen my body can circulate it almost forever. As weight isn’t felt in space, I can carry that much with me.

                                       I and my twin are both connected like the Quantum entangled particles. I feel what my twin thinks and I can transmit what I think by just thinking, back to her. We are the portal connecting earth with this dark space. I know it sounds complicated. And it is.

                                       Did I mention that pressure changes periodically in this dark place where I now am? Well, it does. Moments before it was crushing me under and now I feel like I’m afloat…like I’m free of a tight grasp.
   
                                       Space is made of lot more than we could ever even imagine. Our Physics rules might not actually be that solid. There is a lot to know. There is still a tremendous lot to decipher in the language of Nature. As much is said, humans have really achieved the goal of reaching beyond what’s seen by them!

                                                                                                               - To be continued…
                                        “There. That’s one of the messages from Arya. She’s the living example of humankind’s feat. She’s still out there somewhere keeping the portal open for us. Let’s stop fighting each other and get to know why we are what we are. We can do better than cannibalism. Jai Hind and Humanity thrives!” Director of ISRO concluded his speech at UN conclave of world peace; Switzerland, August 2070. ---

            And one more space badge was added to the collection, Arya the Voyager of Space!

  - Sathyapriya Arulmozhi

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