Book: "RA"

When sitting together under the stars and I know that together we will sink or sail on, tolerance to the views of another is given much easier than when sitting on different sides of the border and with his nose in a newspaper or the television, swallowing carefully combed phrase.

With the powerful Kingdom of the Aztecs in Mexico happened the same, what with the huge Inca Empire in South America. A handful of bearded, white-skinned Spaniards captured a vast state, that is, without firing a shot. And all because scientists and priests in these countries, retained the hieroglyphic records and the religious traditions: if the white bearded men brought their ancestors the good of the culture, and then went on, in foreign lands, but promised to come back.

Anyone who went to school, produces a magical effect date - 1492. The year when Columbus reached America. And when the earth became round. Previously, it was thought flat and the ocean was flat, so all being carried by the winds and currents, was bound to fall off the edge into the abyss. Or rather, the earth and before Columbus was round, but not quite, and like half eggs. Anyway, if you sail far enough into the ocean, still fall off the edge of the earth.

People modern big city blinded by the street light, they lost starry sky. The astronauts are trying to regain it.

If usually American and Russian rarely get a chance to get acquainted, then "RA" two of them were thoroughly studied each other. If the Arabs and the Jews were natural enemies, one of the crew members have gone overboard. If God allowed only one faith, we have on Board broke to a religious war. We represented the Babylonian mixture of speaking eight languages, but in reality usually spoke English, Italian and French.

The combination of approval and reaction - here the main engine of scientific research. Approval - coveted reward, the counter - challenge that do not allow to calm down... the Opposition, objections, and sometimes destruction is necessary to go to scientific truth, to expand the limits of human knowledge.

One of the most useful lessons that taught me life, is that man remains man, whether he is a Norwegian, Polynesian, American, Italian or Russian, when and where he lived in stone or atomic age, under palm trees or at the edge of the glacier. Good and evil, courage and fear, intelligence and stupidity do not recognize geographical boundaries, they are there in every human... we are All people, we should remember this and strive for friendship, understanding and cooperation, so that mankind can survive on our small planet, correcting all that was ruined in the centuries due to lack of knowledge and respect for others.

Learning to write is easy, to invent a written language difficult. It's hard to think up that word to Express a mute character and to consolidate in time.