Capt. Kirk Wants Scottish Space Port | News House

Space travel will become commonplace over the course of the next century. Fact. It's no surprise. Our primate minds have likely been chattering for an exploration of the stars since we could look up and wonder what the crap we're doing down here. Case and point, as soon as we were smart enough to build rockets that tooks us into the sky, we were tripping over ourselves to strap in and take off. So international talks of establishing a space port that would normalize daily space travel isn't shocking. It's simply an idea whose time has come. Like cronuts. Or Netflix asking you if you're still watching Smurfs 2. Innovations that have changed human history.
What is maybe surprising to some is how bad Scotland wants to be Earth's ambassador to the stars. Now a space bar or a space tavern people might understand. Sorry Scotland. I didn't invent generalizations. I'm just pandering to them for the purposes of this article. But back in March of 2015, the UK government offered its shortlist of six spots that might prove ideal for a space port. And four of them were in Scotland. The advantages for Scots, of course, being clear: jobs, cool factor and well, space travel. With kilts we hope. And Scottish National Party MP Dr. Philippa Whitford is hustling hard to get those advantages. She's even been dropping some corny Star Trek references in parliamentary debates. Yes, actually. But the good news is James T. Kirk and Sulu are supporting her and all Scots who dream of estabishing a Space Port in bonnie Scotland. Shatner and Takei both sent out some supportive tweets.
I guess it makes sense that Scotland be Earth's ambassadors to the stars. They did afterall give us TV and penicillin. And the fried Mars bar. No small contribution. If you think I'm joking I challenge you to go try a fried Mars bar immediately. If the Scot who invented it doesn't live in a platinum citadel on a bed of Fabergé eggs and have a Nobel Peace Prize to their name then we need to get our priorities straight. But a Scottish space port may be a good start. Hopefully aliens love whisky and swearing.
I talk all about it on Today's News House.
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