Originally shared by Stuckin D'South
But “predominantly you just notice how thin the atmosphere is, how fragile it looks,” Kelly added. “That combined with these large swaths of pollution is kind of alarming.”
The astronaut said he could see entire systems of pollution: smoke clouds from wildfires that covered parts of the US, sections of Asia with continuous, visible pollution nearly all year round. He said the message “we need to save the planet” slightly missed the point: “The planet will get better, it’s us that won’t be here because we’ll destroy the environment.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/04/nasa-astronaut-scott-kelly-year-in-space-interview
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When we let politics trump science, people are needlessly put in harm's way. http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/self-censoring-fears...
Thanks, Astronaut Kelly, for this information - trusting State & Congressional leaders will stop approving projects that pollute our Air.
ReplyDeleteAfter a year in space, how hard was it to stand up and walk again?
ReplyDeleteThank you Scott, for your outstanding work and research! The Earth is fragile & in trouble, yet there are those corrupt politicians, in the halls of power, who will continue to lie and deny about Global Warming, Global pollution and Global deforestation, all for the benefit of their wealthy puppet masters and for the sake of their reelection$!
ReplyDeleteEven though there are those who want to ask softball questions about how you're coping with "standing & walking," your profound message is loud, clear and resounding!
SAVE THE PLANET!
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Joey Bagodonuts it's not a soft ball question. The biology of it all is very interesting. He's over an inch taller? How much bone mass did he lose? Is he prone to passing out because the arteries have more difficulty getting blood to the brain? Why is his skin sensitive?
ReplyDeleteRobert Hewes Now you're asking provocative biological questions!
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Thanks, Astronaut Scott Kelly, for reaffirming what the majority of Scientists have told us for many, many years - "Pollution is destroying the Air we breathe, the Water we Drink; our Water Sources and the Agriculture, that produces the food we eat. .
ReplyDeleteMaybe sometimes you gotta go a little crazy to see how nuts it all really is
ReplyDeleteIf our elected officials are failing to correct policies that are damaging our health & wellness - the people must do something to change - for example City of Los Angeles is establishing "Community Energy Choice" where people have the power to select Solar & Renewable Energy sources.
ReplyDeleteI personally think that if the people joined together and say commit to a national/worldwide day to not use any fossil fuels would help. They only sell it if people buy it. We need something more dramatic, then a few signs, if everyone say gave there cars publicly, destroyed them somehow, and did that worldwide on the same day
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ReplyDeleteThe world banks have all the money because we all give it to them to hold on to, big oil is only big because we buy it. The government only regulates what the people use, just think about how much pollution we would cause making all that solar and transitioning everything to it. We could as a people just stop using it all, it wasn't to long ago we heated with wood, shit in a hole, and grew most our own food
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