Aug 09 2008
Readers’ Fav Posts — Monthly
This is a monthly list of our readers’ favorite posts, based on the number of times each post was visited during the months indicated below. For updated lists of readers’ favorite posts for the last 7 days and for all-time, please click HERE.
Starting in October, 2008, the lists below include both Daily Wavelet posts and State of the Wave posts.
All lists below give only the top 5 favorites in each month in order of reader preference. All posts below are clickable and their publishing dates are given.
NOVEMBER, 2008 — Readers’ Favorites
1) 10 Lessons Lewis & Clark Teach Us About the Human Future in Space — 8/17/08
2) Forecasting the Next 20 Years in Space — State of the Wave, Friday 9/12/08 — 9/14/08
3) “A United, Global Effort for Long-Term Human Space Exploration?” — Why Not? — 11/08/08
4) State of the Wave, Geopolitical & Economic Focus — Monday 10/27/08 — 10/28/08
5) The New Cuban Space Center and Vladimir Bonaparte — 10/8/08
OCTOBER, 2008 — Readers’ Favorites
1) 10 Reasons Why China is Good for Space — 6/22/08
2) Major Wars Threaten Future Space Initiatives — 7/12/08
3) Forecasting the Next 20 Years in Space — State of the Wave, Friday 9/12/08 — 9/14/08
4) The New Cuban Space Center and Vladimir Bonaparte — 10/8/08
5) Taikonaut to Take a Walk — 6/13/08
SEPTEMBER, 2008 — Readers’ Favorites
1) 10 Reasons Why China is Good for Space — 6/22/08
2) NASA’s Challenging Future..! — 8/1/08
3) Gallup Polls Support Maslow Window Forecasts — 6/20/08
4) How Great Explorations Really Work — 7/10/08
5) Taikonaut to Take a Walk — 6/13/08
AUGUST, 2008 — Readers’ Favorites
1) How Great Explorations Really Work — 7/10/08
2) NASA’s Challenging Future..! — 8/1/08
3) 10 Reasons Why China is Good for Space — 6/22/08
4) Major Wars Threaten Space Initiatives — 7/12/08
5) 10 Lessons Lewis & Clark Teach Us About the Human Future in Space — 8/17/08
JULY, 2008 — Readers’ Favorites
1) 10 Reasons Why China is Good for Space — 6/22/08
2) How Great Explorations Really Work — 7/10/08
3) Japan’s New Space Policy and Expanding International Cooperation — 7/4/08
4) Mars vs. the Moon: A Different Angle — 6/28/08
5) Comments on China and Comets — 7/7/08
JUNE, 2008 — Readers’ Favorites
1) The Way Space Really Works — 6/2/08
2) The Way MEPs Really Work — 6/16/08
3) McCain and the Republican Panic — 6/6/08
4) Is Obama a Space Guy? — 6/5/08
5) It’s NOT More Trouble Than It’s Worth…Even in Zero-G — 6/10/08
May, 2008 — Readers’ Favorites
Please Note: Only a Partial month; the first posts published on 5/11/08.
1) Is Obama the Next ONE? — 5/15/08
2) Is the Navy Sinking the U.S. Space Program? — 5/15/08
3) Surging Brazil is a Growing Space Power! — 5/20/08
4) Google Recruits Mars Pioneers! — 5/11/08
5) I like IKE…One More Time! — 5/11/08
Obama made it to the Oval Office …
No matter how much emphasis he puts on space exploration, the fact is we are broke. Can you buy a Cadillac when you cannot pay the rent?
The last 200 years show that Great Explorations (like Lewis & Clark) and Macro-Engineering Projects (like the Panama Canal) are driven by long waves in the economy that result in unprecedented economic booms about twice per century.
See this POST
A consistent feature of these long waves is financial panics such as the Panic of 2008. They don’t last forever. The current Panic has parallels with the Panic of 1893; it lasted about 6 years but gave birth to the most spectacular Maslow Window — including the polar expeditions and the Panama Canal — of the last 200 years (until the 1960s Apollo Window). It is likely the economy will soon recover and resume the “greatest ever global economic boom” that was interrupted in mid-2007. Whether our economic recovery will take a few years or a decade will depend on what Obama’s new administration does.
I certainly feel there is evidence supporting … the fact that 1969 was such a pivotal moment in landing a man on the moon. But what has happened since? There should have been so much more going on since then, but space exploration has been basically “squashed.”
The whole point of this weblog is that the 1969 Moon landing was a “pivotal moment” in human history. What has happened since is a normal consequence of long waves in the economy and rapidly declining public support for Great Explorations and MEPs after major economic booms (like since the 1960s) that is characteristic of the last 200 years.
However, the 2015 Maslow Window is coming and the space and technology future of the next 15-20 years is so bright, you’re going to need shades!
Check this POST. All the best….Bruce
Angela