Often when we hear about the term ‘Space Opera’ our first thoughts are about Star Wars or Star Trek franchise and other epic space fantasy films. Great war between the good and the bad, dramatic journey, huge space stations, interplanetary rivalry and of course non-human living beings. All these movies are part of pop culture for decades, and they still will be for a few more. In fact, most of our knowledge about the space opera is based on movies and books. A sub-genre of science fiction, space opera is a story in which stakes are very high and set entirely in outer space.
For human, space has always been a curious subject. And somewhere around when technology is ready to take off it is very natural for people to combine space and technology for entertainment, information and development. That’s when, in the 80s and 90s, the term ‘space opera’ become very popular.
Today we reach the Moon, our space stations and satellite are on the Mars and other planets. All of this is for searching a place which is suitable for human life. Living on another planet was just a dream before, but in future it will become more than our need. And accepting the fact that we may need a new home, a
new planet to live, we already start working for it. Some space organizations as well as private companies are working on colonization of Mars.
As the future of humanity on earth is not everlasting, the best thing to do is prepare every new generation coming for a Space opera universe. We can hope that life in the space opera universe is the same as on the earth.
Now, a day’s change has become a very practical and speedy thing. As technology is taking over, we may never know when we end up on a planet which is like a few galaxies, thousands of solar systems and millions of light years away. And we will be living a life in a space opera, which we only saw on a screen or read in books without realizing it.
