Letter: Apollo moon landingproves we can face climate change

By Staff (https://buffalonews.com/author/staff/)Published July 26, 2019

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We have much to celebrate at the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing on themoon.

The challenge, issued by President Kennedy in 1961 to put a person on the moon in10 years, seemed fantastic at the time. But we did it with vision, determination,investments, collaboration across nations, great scientists and evolving technology.

We were able to harness this capacity even as the nation was embroiled in the ColdWar and about to explode with division over our role in Vietnam.

Much of the Apollo 50th discussion has been either nostalgic or aspirational as in,let’s go back to the moon.

But all of this misses the most important lesson of the Apollo Mission: This countryhas and can achieve an almost impossible task, even something as daunting asgoing to the moon – or addressing the climate crisis.

Within 10 years we must eliminate our dependency on fossil fuels, draw downcarbon and think through and address the consequences. Our parents andgrandparents did something monumental with Apollo; they accomplished an urgentand amazing scientific feat with the Manhattan project; all Americans willinglymobilized for World War II.

It’s time for our generation to step up.

We have the pragmatism, intelligence, creativity, power, financial resources,technologies and vision to take action immediately to reshape a more healthyworld. Apollo reminds us that we are the people with the vision and know-how tolead the global community into the future to protect our children, futuregenerations and life on this precious Earth.

Lynda Schneekloth

Buffalo

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