By Letters To The Editor For Friday, May 14 - Dr Edgar Mitchell

Posted: 7:07 p.m. Thursday, May 13, 2010

I commend Mr. Obama's decision to strengthen the private sector's role in the space program. The intellectual energy of scientists and inventors as well as private entrepreneurs will catapult Earth's people into a space-faring race. As founder and chief science officer of Quantrek (www.quantrek.org), I collaborate with progressive scientists and experts in the fields of propulsion systems as well as other applications of frontier science emerging from discovery of zero-point energy.

Like Mr. Obama, I agree that global collaboration and peaceful exploration are fundamental directives of our space program. I commend his refocusing of the space program from adversarial to a global collaborative effort. As a Florida resident for many years, I applaud Mr. Obama's commitment to job creation and retention in the public sector. I am pleased with his commitment to a $6 billion budget increase for NASA, which would add 2,500 jobs along the Space Coast plus 10,000 jobs nationwide.

My relationship with NASA spans 44 years, When President Obama announced that "nobody is more committed to manned space flight, to human space exploration of space than I am," I was relieved. I felt the cumulative excitement of every child whose dream is to become an astronaut.

DR. EDGAR MITCHELL

Lake Worth

Editor's note: Dr. Mitchell will be at Cape Canaveral today for the launch of the space shuttle. Two more launches are scheduled this year before the shuttle program is discontinued.

Lake Worth, Florida - April 19, 2010 - Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut and sixth man to walk on the moon, speaking from his home in Lake Worth, Florida, in proximity to Kennedy Space Center where he is on the board of the Astronaut Scholarship Fund, urged President Obama to continue Moon missions as an important flight destination for testing advanced, next generation rocket propulsion systems, and close-to-home team building.

Mitchell, a strong proponent of a manned mission to Mars, sees moon missions as prerequisite for testing spacecraft propelled by advanced propulsion systems such as zero point energy, which are capable of eventual travel to Mars and deeper into space.

Mitchell confirms, “It is the destiny of humans to, as Obama said, ‘live beyond earth for extended periods of time…even indefinitely’.”

Mitchell commends Obama’s decision to strengthen the private sectors’ role in the space program. “The intellectual energy of scientists and inventors as well as private entrepreneurs will catapult Earth’s people into a space-faring race.”

Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

at Vision Quest Bookstore located at 2225 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ

Rebecca Hardcastle, Ph.D. and Terri Mansfield  are the co-directors of Peace Exoconsciousness for Quantrek http://www.quantrek.org a non-profit founded by Apollo 14 astronaut, Dr. Edgar Mitchell. Quantrek combines science and spirituality with quantum physics and cosmology. It is dedicated to researching and applying new forms of energy, especially zero point energy, and has an interest in extraterrestrial intelligence of the purest energy.

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