Multiverse Space Exploration

Is there another Earth? With Friday's (3/6/09) launch of the Kepler mission NASA scientists will attempt to determine if the earth is unique or if there are others like us. If alone in the galaxy what then will they say. Will the 100,000 stars this mission can study be insufficient, and still doubts exist. If not alone - then what? Find a like planet or not and the results will be profound. Can a parallel universe exist? The exacting conditions for our planet to support life are profound; just the right distance from the sun, the appropriate mix of chemicals, atmospheric conditions perfect, and life - man with a complex DNA composition. From the Big Bang til now. Cogito Ergo Sum - Descartes - I think therefore I am. We exist. Do we do so with understanding from both cosmological (the totality of space and time) and ontological (the nature of being) studies - a reality transcending science. Fodder for the philosophers of the Enlightenment, the atheists and the theologians, our existence, our being, our purpose, the why of being here on earth, has been verbalized, studied and discussed. Existentialism - we are the essence and our existence preceded such (otherwise the essence preceding our existence would be from God) is in play with this space odyssey. Will this tell us whether man defines himself, or if the influence of the supernatural (as many philosophers prefer to call God, or the eternal force) is clearly defining man. Under the term Absurdism it is believed it is humanly impossible to find meaning in the universe. Now NASA has entered space, probing deeper and deeper to find meaning. For those that philosophize that man creates his own meaning and purpose space awaits. God wants man to explore all the possibilities. The Creator's expressed desire was for man to "subdue" (Genesis 1:28) the earth. Scientists were encouraged to explore, study, question and improve the earth. Man is not perfect, born with a sin nature, and having free will, man can debate, analyze, think, conduct experiments and conclude. The process only makes life better for man, and helps to explain the reality of God's gift to mankind. Our ability to think, to be mindful of our surroundings, to see the beauty in the world, to explore space, and to have the aptitude necessary to perform the needed functions to accomplish many missions, had a source. Consider that!