John Wilkes:  

I was the only Sociologist at a technical college that trains scientists and engineers until I retired July 1, 2014. . On the other hand my field is the sociology of science, so that was not bad. I tired to teaching Introductory sociology 1-2 times a year for 38 years. Now I have to decide which research interest to pursue and do some traveling. . I followed follow the nuclear power issue both power plants and weapons proliferation issue, but am sort of through with that except to design a model UN type role playing game out of it. I have a continuing interest in why NASA's return to the Moon planned for 2020 was canceled and wonder what will happen when China arrives about then. With the oil era ending in about 70 years, I think the next main energy source for electricity will be fusion reactors-- and the perfect fuel for them is not found on Earth, but it is "locally" available on the moon. About one space ship loan of about 26 tons of helium 3 should provide enough electricity to run the USA for a year at current levels of demand. It is a continuing interest to make a case for a lunar base, so I joined a team that designed one that could be built by 2069 out of local materials, pay for itsel...Expand for more