This week's Carnival is up, over at The Speculist.

Also, Stephen Gordon has an interesting article on some breakthroughs in solar power, that could be revolutionary for the Third World. Solar thermal power, that is.

The future has come for some at NASA.

"Griffin will bring back technical leadership as well as looking after the budget," says Chesson. "He wants a similar set-up to the Apollo days."
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050606/full/050606-11.html

That solar technology is neat, but I don't see how it will help the Third World. Can Ghanians manufacture and service the equipment in Ghana? If not, it just becomes another form of welfare transfer, this time of goods instead of cash. (At least no one can deposit a solar cooker in his Swiss bank account.)

Thanks for the solar power link. I find this stuff way cool (or hot).

Ghana or no, passive solar water boiling with lightweight materials will make lunar development that much easier, after we get there. ;-)

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