Tag: Kennedy

Candidate Op/Eds on Space, Do They Really Matter Anymore?

Candidate Op/Eds on Space, Do They Really Matter Anymore?

At this point, the space policy positions being taken by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are probably a great deal more relevant for the long term future of human space exploration than those offered by the U.S. presidential candidates, but for what it is worth, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have op/eds in Space […]

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Fifty Years Ago Today : Nuclear War and the Importance of Becoming a Multi-Planet Civilization

Fifty Years Ago Today : Nuclear War and the Importance of Becoming a Multi-Planet Civilization

Fifty ears ago today, the American people, and indeed the rest of the world, learned that humanity was under the distinct and very real threat of sudden, immediate and total nuclear annihilation when President John F. Kennedy addressed the nation regarding the unfolding Cuban Missile Crisis. While the crisis  was ultimately resolved peacefully, events might just have easily taken a different, unimaginably tragic […]

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