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... confront an economic crisis approaching the scope of the Great Depression, we are also forced to confront the severe consequences of our addiction to finite fossil fuel resources. Energy Crisis: Solution From Space presents a bold solution for the problems we face today: dependence on oil as our primary energy source, global climate change caused by the proliferation of ...

... brother Floyd operated a shop where they repaired cars and aircraft. They had been fascinated by aviation even before the Wright Brother's first flight. Probably no surprise since Elmira was then—-as it still is today—-a hotbed of glider enthusiasm. The Hungerfords were inspired by the successful rocket car experiments of Valier, which were making news around the world. "...we ... exhibit at the New York State Museum in Albany. It was rescued in the 1960s by Ralph Hodge and Keith Marvin from the back yard of the inventor, who had retired it ...

... almost nothing in the way of literature, art or science. But charged with the energy unleashed by a whiff of fresh resources, Britain became a cultural dynamo. The era in which she ... units a few hundred molecules in size), expansion of the cybersphere, renewable resources, next-generation energy, and the construction of intelligent self-replicating devices (16) to name a few. But in ...

... of liquid fuels and of solid fuels, combustion of liquid propellants and of solid propellants, energy production by nuclear reactions, etc. Extracted from the 1962 Publication ''Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by Frederick I. Ordway III Category:Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology ...

... human needs, including the creation of a knowledge society in the 21st century, clean energy for future generations, space solar power to enable water desalination, international cooperation against dangerous ... Outer Space Treaty - but it was initially limited by the legal institution of slavery. Seventy-seven years later, when the specific crisis of slavery became obsolete, due process was again ...

... 's Human Capital Crisis ''' Congress, the Executive Branch, and a number of Federal and State Agencies have recognized the critical need for a skilled aerospace workforce supported by many K-12 science ... ideas without funding are worse than useless—they also waste good people's time and energy. For the Apollo-era vision, the federal government was the primary funding arm for most ...

... to try such approaches, particularly in times of crisis. However, these innovative approaches usually give way to "normal' prior practices after the crisis has passed. Results-focused Stage Two ... of leaders and groups dedicated to inventing new questions that evoke and precipitate energy and action simply by posing the unpredictable possibility. Power comes from holding opposites in your mind. ...

... is a matter of life or death in its own right; and (4) new energy sources motivated by the needs of Earth can also play a crucial role as an enabling technology ... in the 1970's. In the 1970's, NASA and the Department of Energy (DOE) were both funded by Congress to evaluate SSP. NASA funded two major studies to develop "reference designs ... , and pointed to major unresolved uncertainties about whether the technology would work as advertised. Unfortunately, Ralph Nader and others misrepresented this report as an attack on the idea of exploring SSP ...

... a lot of red ink on our paper. Humm. During my career I've watched crisis management morph into catastrophe management. The only remnant of change due to managing crises is ... , is not going to eliminate the need to import energy. This leads us to Question 3: Are the only effective solutions arrived at by the “thousand candles” approach of the market place ... your flex fuel car? Within 100 miles of Washington DC, a Department of Energy web site (http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/) offers the following options: an under-whelming grand total of ...

... we face a multitude of overwhelming social and environmental problems. These major global "crisis events" (i.e. international armed conflict, social violence, tsunamis, earthquakes, major storms, atmospheric ... of thinking is eloquently framed by authors Gary Schwartz and Linda Russek in their provocative book, The Living Energy Universe, as follows: ''"Just as the energy and information of distant ...

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