When and how will we begin implementing the one and only viable solution to climate change?
What is often forgotten in celebrating America's space triumph of 1969, is that there was no straight-line journey from Kennedy’s speech to the moon landing. In fact, the journey went through several distinct stages:: Pre-1958: Several competing agencies were striving for ownership of the American space effort: space: Army, Navy, Airforce. There was no coherent national strategy, game plan or budget.
Given that the current U.S. administration’s inactive attitude to its responsibilities in this area, any major change in the situation will have to come in the next administration. Nevertheless, it is not too early to consider the necessary steps, beginning with a decision to take bold action.
Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”: The effort would be aimed at creating scalable, breakthrough solutions. The effort would need to be laser-focused on technological breakthroughs that are scalable and able to make an impact on the global problem. Improvement of existing technology should also be included if it meets this criterion.
Is it worth the cost and the risk? Will it work? “Climate change,” says George Marshall, “can seem distant, uncertain, and incomprehensible.” To enhance our clarity as to what’s at stake, it might help to look forward into the future and imagine: what will historians, a hundred years from now—assuming the human race is still around—say about this time?
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