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WHERE ARE WE GOING?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?. WELL, WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?. 126 Years Ago My Grandfathers homesteaded in Kansas. One of them planted this tree. 90 Years Ago My Grandfather and Father stopped farming with horses.

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WHERE ARE WE GOING?

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  1. WHERE ARE WE GOING? Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  2. WELL, WHERE HAVEWE BEEN? Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  3. 126 Years Ago My Grandfathers homesteaded in Kansas One of them planted this tree Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  4. 90 Years Ago My Grandfather and Father stopped farming with horses Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  5. 78 Years Ago I loved reading Buck Rogers, 25th Century, and dreamed what the world might be, and what I might be Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  6. I bought the sub-title • I was born 500years too soon! ! Therefore, I Thought about space, but never worried about it. However, my interest was always there Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  7. Who could have possibly guessed That I would see men launched into space, and one day would receive a telephone call from a man in space?

  8. 56 Years Ago, I participated in a nuclear test that has been credited by some for launching a man-hole cover into Space Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  9. This happened prior to the Russians launching Sputnik! Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  10. 30 Years Ago I became quite interested in some Soviet Space Experiments Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  11. Here are the results of one of their space launches, as seen from Finland Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  12. The Question Arose: What are they doing, and can we understand it? So we began some space experiments of our own to see what was up! Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  13. And Noctilucent Clouds became a research project of ours These are easily seen from orbit Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  14. Now, to the Main Point! SPACE Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  15. AVACUUMHAS SOME REALATTRACTIONS (It Likes To Be Filled) Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  16. IN THE UNIVERSEThere are bits of mass here and there Each bit of mass is mostly space So, the Universe is Mostly Space! Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  17. If we are going to understand the Universe, We must understand space Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  18. IS EMPTY SPACE EMPTY? Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  19. NO! Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  20. EVERY VOLUME OF “EMPTY” SPACE HAS PASSING THROUGH IT PHOTONS FROM EVERYWHERE! Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  21. It is Occupied By an Electromagnetic Field And a Gravitational Field (and dark energy, and maybe strings, or membranes, or things yet to be named) Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  22. INFORMATION OF ALL KINDS IS THEREINCLUDING THE HISTORYOF THE UNIVERSE Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  23. AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO GOINTO SPACE Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  24. EACH VOLUME OF SPACE NEEDS,(URGENTLY)A DETECTOR,A DATA PROCESSORAND A BRAIN, SOMEWHERE Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  25. WE DO THIS IN A GREAT VARIETY OF WAYS Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  26. Putting Detectorsin Space is pretty common nowadays And data processors come cheap Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  27. WHILE THE BRAIN CAN BE ON EARTH IF WE CHOOSEPUTTING A BRAIN IN SPACE IS SPECIAL Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  28. REMEMBERA BRAIN IS CONNECTED TO DETECTORS, AND IS ITS OWN DATA PROCESSOR Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  29. SO, PUTTING A BRAIN IN SPACE IS A GREAT IDEA Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  30. ButDifficultand Costly Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  31. Brains come with bodies (The real problem is toilets!) Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  32. Let’s Take A Short Look At Launching Six Men Into Space On November 23, 2002 Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  33. One of them is a long-time friend and colleague DON PETTIT Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  34. Endeavor on its way to the launch pad Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  35. Any Time of Day, It Is Beautiful Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  36. Don always seems to be at the right place Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

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  41. ISS as seen Dec 3, 2002 Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  42. As Seen Nowadays Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  43. SOMETIMES, BRAINS CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE and sometimes not Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  44. And Don in space can Report On Many Things He dreams up experiments! Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  45. The Solar System has dozens of places to visit with profit Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  46. The Moon Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  47. Mars Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  48. IO, a Jupiter Moon Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  49. Comets are frequent, and need attention! Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

  50. A Strong Argument Can Be Made That Intelligent Life is Rare, even Exceedingly Rare Dr. Robert R. Brownlee

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