Speed of Light

Just read an article about a recently discovered exoplanet. It has been designated as TOI 700 e. Seems that it has features conducive to life of some form.

What mostly caught my eye was the fact that it is ONLY 100 light years away from our planet. Only 100 light years. In other words, if we find a means of traveling in space at the speed of light, it would take ONLY 100 years to reach TOI 700 e.

That’s no fun. How in the world are we supposed to explore deep space when our fastest rate of travel is ONLY the speed of light.

We will get faster in space travel. Why? Because visiting heavenly bodies is our destiny.

What about DMD? What is in our destiny? A cure, no doubt. The only real question – when? Only when sufficient resources are dedicated to the effort and prayers are answered.

It is time to revisit and replicate President John F. Kennedy’s pledge to Congress in May of 1961, then to the American people, that the U.S. would reach the Moon inside that decade. We did.

Commitment. Not just emotional or moral commitment. Hard and smart research adequately funded by all available sources. Then, execution of a fine-tuned plan. What a suitable blueprint for tackling big challenges.

Let’s travel to exoplanet TOI 700 e, now, by finding a cure to DMD.

Kindly yours,

Papa in Franklin