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dynamo, and the prize  Like most American kids in the 1960s, I
was an avid Star Trek fan and I rooted for every new development
in the US space program. I'll never forget staying up past
midnight to watch Neil Armstrong take Man's first steps on the
moon.  But by the time of the first shuttle disaster in 1986, I
was less concerned with the Star Trek mission and more concerned
with the fate of the Earth. Apart from the human tragedy of the
disaster, the setback to the space shuttle program didn't seem
to matter much, and the image of the Challenger flameout at
48,000 feet over Florida seemed symbolic of the utter failure of
Western society to create a sustainable civilization on Planet
Earth.  The recent release of the IPCC's fourth assessment on
climate change is just one more milestone documenting the
disintegration of Earth's planetary life-support systems. The
world must act quickly, but I am not impressed by the
announcement last week that Sir Rich