What Would Happen If History Could Be

The Next Big Accelerator Might Be The Ilc In Japan, A Linear Collider Which Might Be Able To Probe The Boundaries Of String Theory. So We Physicists Have To Learn How To Engage The Public So That Taxpayers Money Is Used To Explore The Nature Of The Universe.

If All Our Common-sense Notions About The Universe Were Correct, Then Science Would Have Solved The Secrets Of The Universe Thousands Of Years Ago. The Purpose Of Science Is To Peel Back The Layer Of The Appearance Of The Objects To Reveal Their Underlying Nature. In Fact, If Appearance And Essence Were The Same Thing, There Would Be No Need For Science.

I Want To See Us To Explore Outer Space. But I Want To Do It Safely, Without The Loss Of Human Life, And Democratically: Where Is The Free-wheeling Debate On This Question? Only One Force Can Stop This Mission: The Will Of The American People. They Have Not Been Asked. Do They Want To Endanger Their Loved Ones, Their Industry With This Launch? One Force Is More Powerful Than Plutonium, The Spirit Of The American People United.

One In 200 Stars Has Habitable Earth-like Planets Surrounding It - In The Galaxy, Half A Billion Stars Have Earth-like Planets Going Around Them - That's Huge, Half A Billion. So When We Look At The Night Sky, It Makes Sense That Someone Is Looking Back At Us.

We Should Explore New Ways To Drive Down The Cost Of Space Travel. Instead Of Costly Booster Rockets, Maybe We Should Think Of Laser/microwave Driven Rockets, Or Space Elevators. Until Then, The Cost Of Space Exploration Will Limit Our Ability To Explore The Universe.