TEDxNASA - Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides - 11/20/09

Loretta Whitesides - A Foundation for the Next Space Generation

Loretta has dived to Titanic depths with Hollywood director James Cameron, done research with NASA in the Canadian Arctic, and accumulated over 4 hours of weightless time as a Flight Director for Zero Gravity Corp. Whitesides is also the co-creator and Executive Director of Yuri's Night, an annual worldwide celebration of space. Her passion is connecting people with each other, their dreams and spaceship earth.

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[lonuslies]

love. the message is love. to dream apart from the thoughtless void of adulthood rest.a message illuminous of beautiful caring nurture. there is nothing and so few less than the popularity. our own light and love.our dying hands seperated.a wounded dying heart/earth/life.we may speak with illustrious magnetic love yet our echoes end within our known sadness.

[damefirst]

She mentions the 1980's, her awareness of loss of forests and jungles at that time, the acid rain, the ozone hole. But these problems are still here and are worse, despite advances in space technology. She mentions worry about our species survival. 100 species are dying a day! We know how to recycle everything, and yes, some of the knowledge came from space technology and creation of whole ecosystems ...now is time to apply knowledge! Her overall message is positive.

[yourtube20061]

so ? whats she working on ?

[gearthblog]

Nice job Loretta! Very inspiring words. I would love to see the day when a significant part of our planet's occupants support it.

[kbarins]

inspiring and so right on many levels...we wi get there

[spacebaileys]

Awesome vision for the future of humanity! This will be a good reference for me any time I get discouraged or wonder why we're working so hard. Thanks for putting it into words.