The project was astounding because the two sides were still locked in the decades-long Cold War I, between the forces of democracy and communism, that had been playing out across the continents, marked by escalating build-ups of opposing atomic weapons arsenals and brinkmanship that threatened to engulf the world in nuclear flames. He adds that human advances across the celestial sphere—like exploring the Moon and deploying thousands of spacecraft in concentric rings surrounding the globe—along with the creation of the internet and its spread across the surface of the planet, are driving more and more rapid evolution of civilization. Meanwhile, he says, the crescendo in lofting satellites that can bounce films and music, internet connectivity and images of the cosmos around the world at the speed of light is transforming the very core of civilization.
Author: Kevin Holden Platt, Contributor, Kevin Holden Platt, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/
Published at: 2025-07-15 22:30:37
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