Reaction Paper (Trip to the Moon)

This short comedy film is intended to make humor out of Science and Technology. The film is good for two things: first, it brought laughter, and second, it reminded us again about the power of imagination.

Dated 1902, was there somebody else who thought that trip to the moon was possible?  The answer of course is yes. Because after 67 years, Neil Armstrong made it happen.

So what I am pondering on is that aside from curiosity, imagination is the root of all inventions and scientific discoveries. This kind of feel- good films intended for the children can also help them think, explore and look at the possibilities in impossibilities. To quote from Albert Einstein, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” See, imagination even embraced the moon. 

But that should not stop in that. Imagination should progress to motivation, and then ladder up to action. 

Alastair Erfe

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