Moon 40

Welcome to Light On Light Through, Episode 64: Moon 40 ... in which I reflect on watching our species land on the Moon 40 years ago, regret that we have not gone much further, and offer some reasons why we must. They are more than scientific and economic, though outer space will give us much data and access to vast resources of energy. But the deepest reasons are closer to spiritual - we will never understand who we really are, what we are doing here in this cosmos, from down on here on Planet Earth. The universe beyond is, after all, part of our larger home... Links: my blog post: Forty Years from the Moon, and Still Counting my book: Realspace home page: http://paullevinson.info more blogs: http://InfiniteRegress.tv and http://open.salon.com/blog/paul_levinson more podcasts: http://Levinsonnewsclips.com videoclips: http://www.youtube.com/user/PLev20062006 coming in Summer 2009: New New Media my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates "challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly "Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News and Brian Charles Clarke says The Plot to Save Socrates "resonates with the current political climate . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit" -- in Curled Up With A Good Book Read the first chapter of The Plot to Save Socrates .... FREE