NewsNews1 October 2019

Historical event: 100,000 children's dreams fly into space

How it was: augmented reality, the dream of getting to the spaceport and the hopes of the scientist who discovered the planetary system TRAPPIST -1

On Saturday, a historic event took place in Ukraine, not only for our country, but also for the entire planet Earth. 100,000 children's drawings of dreams collected by the charity project Make a dream come true 1+1 media were sent into space for the first time in human history. They fly at a speed of 300,000 km/s to the planetary system TRAPPIST -1, where scientists believe that extraterrestrial civilizations may reside. The Dream Beam will travel 41 light years to reach its destination. In the history of the planet, this is the 9th message to extraterrestrial civilizations.

The beam with children's dreams was sent from the Space Research and Communication Center, which is located near Lviv. The mission was coordinated from the National Center for Control and Testing of Space Means in Kyiv. At the same time, a light visualization of the launch of the signal into space took place on the capital's main street. A ray of dreams opened the program of the Kyiv Lights Festival international festival . It was created by artists who animated children's drawings of dreams. By the way, Ray of Dreams became one of the most technological in recent times: augmented reality, 3D mapping, direct TV broadcasts on TSN and online streaming were used.

In order for the message to be sent, it was necessary to press two Start buttons - one in Zolochiv, Lviv region, the other in the command post in Kyiv.

In Zolochiv, the launch of the Beam was coordinated by the head of the Space Communication Center, Viktor Ozhinsky. He was helped by the curator of the Make a dream come true project, TV presenter Lidia Taran and children from all over the country, who also drew their dreams to be sent to the universe. The team of the space center prepared with all responsibility for the start of the Space Mission, developed a special program for coding pictures, improved the technique and even wore patches "Space Mission Ray of Dreams". The Start button was pressed here by 8-year-old Maksym Syrchyn - he struggled with a serious illness for a long time and during this period drew his dream - to create a rocket that would fly into space.

The Kyiv command post of the National Space Control and Testing Center was in contact with Zolochev all the time. From there, commands to launch Beam were given by the head of the center, Volodymyr Prysiazhnyi, and Oleksandr Tkachenko, a member of the supervisory board of the charity fund You are not alone. There, through a huge screen, students of the Hospital School of Superheroes from Okhmatdyt watched the launch.

When the space center teams were ready for the Space Mission, and all systems were tested, the countdown began. 5-4-3-2-1 ... and the signal with children's dreams went on a journey lasting 41 light years.

In just 1 second, the signal reached the Moon. And in a day he left the solar system and traveled 26 billion kilometers towards the Aquarius constellation, so that potential inhabitants of living planets could accept him and create their answer!

Maksym Syrchyn was the first to receive an answer from the universe and his dream began to come true. Oleksandr Tkachenko presented the boy with a dream come true live. Maxim will fly to the launch of a real rocket at the Sriharikota Island Spaceport in India.

Conducting the Ray of Dreams space mission was supported by Mikael Ghionne, head of the group of astronomers who discovered the TRAPPIST - 1 star system: "Children are our successors. Very soon they will develop our civilization. Sending messages to TRAPPIST -1 with the belief of an answer after 80 years is an act of hope. Hopes that there are other living beings in the heavens with whom we could communicate and finally get rid of "cosmic loneliness".

In parallel with the signal of the radio telescope, a light Ray of dreams flew into space. He went from the heart of the capital, Khreshchatyk, to the Kyiv Lights Festival . What is happening there is a visualization of launching a signal into space. A cartoon appeared on the facade of the KMDA building, created entirely from 100,000 children's drawings of dreams, collected as part of the marathon #моядытячамрия throughout Ukraine. And behind him, a beam of light flew into the sky. It was the Beam of Dreams that opened the famous festival this year. Fantastic animals, plants, colorful cars came to life on the facade of KMDA, and rockets drawn by children flew into the sky. And after pointing the phone at the building, with the help of augmented reality, the audience saw rockets, unicorns, fish, and dragons flying above them. Authors - magicians who created this incredible beauty are artists SKILZ and Live Animation .

The organizers of Kyiv Lights Festival gave the opportunity to launch children's dreams and gave them so much light - because they themselves are convinced that the future begins with a dream.

The launch of the Ray of Dreams was made possible with the support of patrons Alfa-Bank Ukraine, the Osvitoria and the Zahorii Family Foundation.

We will remind that the unique project to launch children's dreams into space was supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And on September 19, representatives of the State Space Agency of Ukraine sent an official letter to NASA, in which they informed about the details of the space mission and asked to support the idea of giving one of the planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system the name - "Planet of Dreams". According to an all-Ukrainian study, only 5% of children can dream, the remaining 95% of children confuse dreams with material desires. But the organizers believe that by showing children how their drawings become part of the vast universe, we teach children to dream without borders and to the very stars! After all, dreams are taught and developed. And such positive emotions will give small hospital patients strength and energy to further fight against diseases.

Everyone can become a magician and give a dream to a child - on the wish website . 1 plus 1. ua or send an SMS to the number 4400 with any donation amount. The SMS number is valid only for Kyivstar subscribers who use a prepaid package.

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