| The Kepler Mission (NASA) Although not alone as a harbinger of change in the movement toward The Compassionate Global Society, the Kepler Mission (scheduled by NASA for launch in 2006 to search 100,000 stars for orbiting Earth-size planets) is notably well-posited to advance human enlightenment in tandem with The Positive Generational Constant. The full significance of the Kepler Mission (as with Tracing Human Cosmic Genealogy (THCG)) can be expected to manifest itself most strikingly in the long-term as the mission's chain of discovery calls into question present-day cosmologies which limit themselves to Earth's "observable universe." An alternative cosmology would describe a much larger Universe (made possible via physical planetary communication between planets with intelligent life whose "observable universes" overlap ..... and overlap ..... and overlap ..... to Infinity) www.oocities.org/forelaws/Infinity.html The resulting and much larger perspective for the post-Darwin era would mean new commonalities for science, philosophy and religion (fundamental to addressing root causes of global terrorism.) The larger cosmology might be prefaced by Carl Sagan's depiction of Earth viewed from space (Pale Blue Dot.) The Kepler Mission and NASA are the "right stuff", at the right time, on the right course. Advancing human enlightenment in tandem with the human predilection for empathy and compassion ensures the right direction, the right outcome, the right legacy. It is important that the Kepler Mission receive U.S. Congressional support augmented - from beginning to end - by a well-informed citizenry. Forelaws Homepage Links: The Post-Darwin Era - Kepler Mission - Cosmic Ancestry - SETI Institute - SETI League - Golden Rule Stewardship - Infinite In All Directions - Pale Blue Dot (Carl Sagan) - Tracing Human Cosmic Genealogy (THCG) - Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology - The Positive Generational Constant - Project Ice-SHARE |
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| "The Golden Rule is a natural consequence of the recognition of the unity of being" (Esme Wynne-Tyson, The Philosophy of Compassion, Centaur Press, 1970). |