Flights of Imagination

Flight, the air element — a dream and goal that has hypnotized humanity for millennia. Earthly gravity — a harsh reality that opposes this dream and which nature inevitably takes into account. Evolution approached flight rationally: if there is a need to fly for the sake of species survival, the means to do so will inevitably appear, even if it takes millions of years. Humanity, in turn, has invented many ways to rise into the air and travel great distances: from the wings of the mythological Icarus to the airplane, a long journey has been made thanks to people throughout history who are capable of soaring high in their imagination, even while remaining on the ground. It is they who accumulate knowledge, discover new things, and lead others: “Perhaps the same thirst for adventure that overwhelmed the Polynesians discovering new islands, still lives today in that «call of the space» that urges our species to colonize Mars — and possibly, in the distant future, reach the stars?”