Fiction Point Episode Thirteen: Nano Dot

Nano Dot – just in case you ever wondered if we were alone in the universe (or the bit The Origin of Species left out)

 

In the end, humanity had colonised the solar system and there was nowhere else to go. So, the Nano Dot was created to seed the galaxies throughout the universe. Developed by the visionary entrepreneur Andrew Curt, it was humanities last chance.

As Curt stated: ‘A long time ago, we became conscious of our own existence; now we know there is a lot more, but we are constrained by our biological and cosmological limitations. However, just as we have overcome constraints to populate and exploit the space around us, so we must have one last dance and journey into the arena of universal consciousness.’

Most people thought the Nano Dot had as much chance of succeeding as all the failed attempts at detecting aliens. But still, billions of seed like bio tech pods were manufactured, made to replicate in favourable planetary environments. They were then spewed out into the galaxy, the space in between the galaxies and the galaxies beyond. And, as Andrew Curt lay dying, he wondered if he would ever be reborn.