Science can solve social problems

Reading "You hate to put a price on scientific wonder" [Opinion, Dec. 9] brought back memories of an earlier time and what could have been.

There was a time when our entire world was the village we lived in, or the horizon we could see. Remember when the world was flat?

During the Kennedy years, when this country began our journey to conquer space, we ran into many unknown obstacles and mysteries that needed to be overcome to attain our goal. Science provided the answers to those mysteries.

When new sources of energy were needed, something called a "fuel cell" was invented. The development of the technology ended with much the same arguments that we hear today: The money can be better spent elsewhere, etc.

Now, imagine, what 50 years of fuel cell research and development would have produced. We could very well be driving our cars and powering many machines without fossil fuels. How this could have changed today's world.

No, huge amounts of money leaving our country, funding those that seek our destruction, perhaps no Sept. 11, no body searches at airports. Clean air, no global warming . . . well, you get the idea.

I agree with your columnist, "To the moon, Alice!"

Kenneth Tozzi

Lindenhurst