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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Why the Power Grid Should Go The Way of the Shuttle

Why the Power Grid Should Go The Way of the Shuttle

The final voyage of the Endeavour made its way to San Francisco and Silicon Valley on September 21, 2012.  It was a gloriously beautiful day, and many people turned out to bid farewell to the fifth and final space shuttle.  The shuttle program lasted thirty years, and has a remarkable record of accomplishments, such as being the first reuseable spacecraft to carry humans into orbit and launching (and fixing) the Hubble Space Telescope.  But from a systems perspective, it is time to think differently about how we continue space exploration.http://theenergycollective.com/christine-hertzog/116496/why-power-grid-should-go-way-shuttle?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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