“Humanity has always moved outwards over the last two or three million years to find resources and really to better their existence, and I think space is a part of that. It’s probably in our DNA, its probably an evolutionary thing. In order to survive, you can’t stay in one place forever, whether you’re a family, or a tribe, or an entire civilisation. Moon and Mars settlement is extremely important for the dispersal of the human species throughout the solar system and possibly beyond….,”
Former Senator and Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt
A Note To Readers
A full report is a central part of the Feature this week, continuing our commemoration of the 50 year anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. Also included in the Feature is a petition I urge all readers to sign: “We Commit to the Moon-Mars Mission.” And you will also find there a second petition. One calling on President Trump to Exonerate Lyndon LaRouche.
And in the rest of this week’s report:
First, strawberries. A little inside story on how your strawberries come to be.
Drought continues to plague the northwest states, especially Washington.
It is fire season again in the west, and the state of California has been preparing. Several reports on that preparation are featured.
Desalination is one feature that will play a more prominent role in California’s water supply. Finally, we have a couple of articles on how that must be done. First an article on the role of nuclear power in providing the electricity for it. And second, how desalination can be a viable alternative to the tunnel(s) under the Delta.
Then the Feature, which has been discussed at the opening of this introduction.
