Alma Thomas was born during the horse and buggy days of the end of the 19th century, and raised under Jim Crow laws. By the end of her life, in 1978, she had been the first black woman to be given a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, with works inspired by the possibilities of space travel.
"Today not only can our great sciences send astronauts to and from the Moon to photograph its surface and bring back samples of rocks and other materials, but through the medium of colour television all can see and experience the thrill of these adventures. These phenomena set my creativity in motion."
(Alma Thomas, an incandescent pioneer, New York Times, Aug 4 2016)
If you look at our current time and technologies, after a little thought, what makes you feel amazed about, and hopeful, curious for, the future?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @07:03AM
We're slowly running out. So, that's bad. Starvation is bad.
Yeah, phosphates, leaching off into outer space, stolen by rogue space pirate smugglers. I mean, otherwise, where are they going, and all we need to do is poop some more out, eh, guano? My god, there are some stupid people on SN!@Q
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @07:29AM
All farms must now include a bat loop.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @05:09PM
No, phosphates, leaching out into the oceans in runoff, contributing to ecological problems in the oceans while not staying put on farmland.
Tough to get them back from the ocean. Not impossible, but tough.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @07:12PM
If guano-covered asteroids exist, would they count as islands for the purposes of the Guano Islands Act?