1968: The lunar orbital plan profile for the manned Apollo 8 shuttle - its proposed trajectory around the moon to assess potential landing sites for future Apollo missions. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
Commentary: For a break from despair, look around and look up
My guest commentary was published in the Times Union of Albany, N.Y. on May 22, 2022 Getty Images Are we as a species so mired in our current misery that we’ve metaphorically taken our eye off the ball that could help us? The existential crises demanding our attention pummel us continually. Grim news of the deadly global pandemic, accelerating climate change, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, political maneuvering aimed at autocracy, paycheck-eating inflation, and other calamities pile up daily. It’s easy, then, to understand why so many of us think we live…
