A nice summary of an element of extraordinary potential. In few minutes condenses key facts about Thorium.
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Author: Dumitru (Dima)
Sunniva Rose is a Norwegian physicist sharing an insightful view on the role and importance of nuclear energy, and particularly on how important are facts against the feelings in this regard.
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Why Explore Space?
In 1970, a Zambia-based nun named Sister Mary Jucunda wrote to Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, then-associate director of science at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, in response to his ongoing research into a piloted mission to Mars. Specifically, she asked how he could suggest spending billions of dollars on such a project at a time when so many children were starving on Earth.
Stuhlinger soon sent the following letter of explanation to Sister Jucunda, along with a copy of “Earthrise,” the iconic photograph of Earth taken in 1968 by astronaut William Anders, from the Moon (also embedded in the transcript). His thoughtful reply was later published by NASA, and titled, “Why Explore Space?”
(Source: Roger Launius, via Gavin Williams; Photo above: The surface of Mars, taken by Curiosity, August 6th, 2012. Via NASA.)