The following are the closing remarks of an 18-minute presentation given in 2017 by Sarah al-Amiri, today the chair of the UAE’s Space Agency, on “A Mars Mission of HOPE.” The UAE Space Agency just succeeded in placing an orbiter around Mars. “… And it’s called Hope for a reason above and beyond the science […]
The marathon begins at 7am EST on Friday, February 12, and end at midnight. In commemoration of Lyndon LaRouche’s passing on February 12, 2019, we invite you to meet, or reacquaint yourself with the mind and the personality of one of the greatest geniuses of the last 100 years. Genius without beauty is not genius […]
Beethoven’s “Leichte Sonaten” composed in 1795-76 but not released publicly until 1805 are often studied by students. The Opus 49 “Leichte Sonaten” (light sonatas) are only known today because Kaspar van Beethoven, one of the composer’s brothers, decided on his own to present them for publication in 1805, fully ten years after they had been […]
In the last days, spaceships launched by the United Arab Emirates and China entered Mars orbit. Next week, NASA’s Perseverance Mission will join them, as they will all engage in projects preparing for future missions, including landing human beings on Mars. These bold projects demonstrate what is possible when nations direct physical resources and human creativity to missions […]
The website of the United Arab Emirates’s Space Agency answers the question, “Why Are We Exploring Mars?” succinctly: “The red planet has captured human imagination for centuries. Now, we are at a junction where we know a great deal about the planet, and we have the vision and technology to explore further. Mars is an […]
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter fired its engine at 6:52 AM EST today to slow down, and get pulled into Mars’ orbit, joining the UAE’s Hope, which arrived yesterday. Unlike any of the first Mars missions ever sent by other countries, China’s Tianwen-1 consists of not just an orbiter, but also a lander and rover. This is […]
Beethoven’s piano sonata Op. # 3 in E-flat major, “The Hunt,” was written in 1802. The third of the Opus 31 sonatas is affectionately known as “The Hunt”, a nickname that describes only the last movement – fast, rollicking, and full of “horn calls”. This is one of Beethoven’s most good-natured works, displaying grace, charm, and […]
Schiller Institute author, Hussein Askary, speaks to Nigerians: Africa will become the workshop of the world. On Feb. 4, Hussein Askary, a Schiller Institute member and co-author of its special report, Extending the New Silk Road to West Asia and Africa – a Vision of an Economic Renaissance, spoke to a webinar in Abuja, Nigeria. […]
In her weekly dialogue today, Helga Zepp-LaRouche contrasted the exciting horizons opened by three near-simultaneous space flights arriving at Mars, with the polarizing circus underway in the U.S. Senate trial of former President Trump. The Mars’ missions, she said “show where mankind should be going….We have so much to discover.” She pointed to the successful […]
With a show trial underway in the U.S. Senate, and an EU/NATO/Five Eyes planning session in Brussels, the City of London/Wall Street human rights mafia is moving aggressively to isolate and destroy Donald Trump, and to overthrow Vladimir Putin. But their real targets are not Trump and Putin, but the people of the U.S. and […]