Bam Boom Straight to the Moon

Space.com reports that the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, is in talks with NASA and ESA about eventually making it back to the moon. The head of the agency, Vladmir Popovkin, states that there is enough evidence to support the idea of humans living for extended lengths on the moon or in orbit around it and the Russians have already started the research into vehicles that will get us there.
I grew up watching the Apollo space program and shots of astronauts walking on the moon and though I was small, I remember the sense of wonder and amazement as people talked about it. Even in the late seventies and early eighties, people got the wonder and awe back but then it waned. “Oh. Another shuttle taking up experiments or ferrying supplies to the space station.” Everyone wondered when the next step would be taken.
Well, I’m getting into my mid-forties and I’m getting antsy. I would love to see this happen and can’t wait to see the next step. I sometimes wonder if we got too cautious or were we really having a lack of breakthroughs to get us back on the road. Either way, ad astra!
Question: Is the moon the next logical step or should we skip it and move on to bigger and better things? Should we keep our feet planted firmly on Earth and concentration on our problems? Let me know what you think.
Another question: In your lifetime, what is a great achievement that just made you look up in the sky and say with a smile “We did that?”

God’s Plan Has Room For Aliens and Machines

A reader of my book, THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON asked me a question that I want to share with you.  He asked, “How do you see Torena and Solomon fitting into God’s plan?”  Wouldn’t you know that he would ask me something hard!

If you haven’t read my book, you need to know that Torena is an alien woman and Solomon is an alien spacecraft.  They both were exposed to God’s word and eventually responded to it by obeying the scriptural command to be baptized to wash away their sins and receive the Holy Spirit.  Afterwards, Torena’s response was in accordance with God’s plan for His children; she went back to her home planet, Herzog with the desire to teach others about Jesus.  Solomon is the hard one to fit into God’s plan.  Although he read the scriptures in both the original Hebrew and Greek, and it changed everything about him, he was still a machine.  I can only surmise that the only way Solomon can promote God’s plan is by the way that he interacts with any species of beings that he comes into contact with.

When you think about it, that’s what God expects us all to do—show Jesus in our life as we interact with others!  The only pitfall with Solomon is, how he can receive the Holy Spirit?  Oh well, maybe you can answer that one!

The Science in Science Fiction

Ron forwarded an email to me last week that he had received from a nephew with links to organizations that are on the cutting-edge of technology. Ron talked of how he has incorporated some of these ideas into his book and even expands on the unlimited possibilities. Here’s an excerpt from that email.

Wow, all these foundations must have been reading my book!  Reducing/slowing the effects of aging--as Rob did, they must consider the vast implications of people living much longer.  We've basically doubled our lifespan in the
last 150 years and now we have a population of nearly 7 billion and how many of those are starving or malnourished or disease-ridden?  Say we add just another 15-20 years to the average lifespan--what does that do to our ever-decreasing supply of fresh water? Our open space which contains wildlife and life-giving trees? Our food supplies that have proved to be quite vulnerable to weather patterns (see Texas record heat and drought and prices in the supermarket!).  Maybe the single greatest implication of an extended lifespan would be the drain on state, federal and world economies in an effort to continually build and support the ever increasing need for
infrastructure.

When you think about all the things that future society will have to contend with, I’m glad for organizations like these that are pushing the boundaries to ensure a future for us and our descendants. Do you know of any other foundations or businesses that look to the future in amazing ways? Tell us about it.

The SENS Foundation - Advancing Rejuvenation Biotechnologies

The Thiel Foundation - The Thiel Foundation defends and promotes freedom in all its dimensions: political, personal, and economic.

Learning via an MRI machine