On the feast to of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Friar Roderic Burke starts his new series “Mary to the Moon” that examines how Faith (as in Mary) and Science (such as going to the Moon) are both needed for true human progress, even though many people think they are mutually exclusive. So come blast off with Friar Roderic as he brings devotion to Mary to new heights and places technology in a spiritual context, looking forward to the future.

I have also started a new Mary to the Moon channel for this on YouTube

Space Habitat Video Credit: © Perry Papadopoulos 2018 All Rights Reserved https://www.youtube.com/fragomatik

Special Thanks to:
Fr. Peter Fehlner (RIP, May 8, 2018) for inspiration and advice for this series
Mary Flannery – Graphics
Carole Williams – editorial help.
Isaac Arthur for advice on starting a more technical channel.
My Community of Franciscans Friars and our benefactors
Supporters of AirMaria
And many others

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To Subscribe to our new Mary to the Moon YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/channel/UCvkgm-LAVkq0PpHJxFgiXww?sub_confirmation=1

The claim that I make in the video that costs will be coming down to around $33 per pound will be explained in a future video. It is based on an analysis done here: https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/10/spacex-bfr-to-be-lower-cost-than-falcon-1-at-7-million-per-launch.html. This depends on the success of SpaceX’s giant proposed rocket, the BFR, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFR_(rocket). As such, there are many major technological and financial hurdles to reach this level of savings. However they already have many surprising and rapid successes in developing reusable rockets and BFR development is well on its way. SpaceX also claims that by making the current Falcon 9 fully reusable (only the first stage is now), improving its durability and making it easier and faster to prepare for relaunch, they can reduce the launch cost to as low as one tenth of their current price which alone would bring the cost down to about $120 per pound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program. Also, many others are busily developing their own reusable rockets, including Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, which will push price reductions through competition. http://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-elon-musk-competition-companies-rockets-2018-3. One way or another, launch prices are coming down and this will be a game change for our space endeavors. Interesting times, indeed.

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Friar Roderic gives his thoughts on how to stop volcanic lava flows using lava dams, thus using lava to stop lava, and then gives some related spiritual reflections on grace, materialism, polarization and how to cool that down, and then on St. Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary!!!

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Graphic Credits:

US Geological Survey: https://www.youtube.com/user/usgs

Sky News: https://www.youtube.com/user/skynews

CNN: https://www.youtube.com/user/CNN

Iceland volcano JerrysTravels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbsEWj5qpD4

SpaceX: https://www.youtube.com/user/spacexchannel/

Sources:

Patton Bombing the Volcano: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/17/hawaiis-volcanoes-how-george-s-patton-took-on-the-lava-and-lost/

Ave Maria!

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Friar Roderic Burke takes you on a Franciscan Cyberspace Odyssey as he explains how Facebook has created a divisive, toxic mix of computers, social media, artificial intelligence, and commercial advertising, and then he explains how to fix this with a dose of Franciscan spirituality, focused on Mary the mother of Christ. And he does this all in five-minutes, … well … sort of. He covers:

0:00 – Introduction
1:58 – Materialism: Unhappy, Divisive Lie
2:37 – Divisiveness for more materialistic ads
3:53 – Having HAL and Facebook Lie Corrupts them
4:18 – Charitable Advertising is the Remedy
5:11 – Rebalance Charitable vs. Commercial Advertising
5:29 – Taxes & Tax Breaks
5:52 – Equality from Charity
6:34 – Unitive Spirituality & Charity
7:09 – Heals Secular vs. Religious division
7:33 – Exemplified by Christ & Mary
7:56 – Religious Conviction for Unity
8:20 – Conclusion: Cyberspace & Outer Space Odyssey

55-Minute Version – https://youtu.be/paKYIluv-E0

This 10 Minute video is  also on Youtube: https://youtu.be/iESYUa6BtYQ

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Graphics from:
Storyblocks.com
Pixabay.com
Blue Origin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ98hGUe6FM
SpaceX
NASA
ESA (European Space Agency)
Ted Talks – Zeynep Tufekci – https://bit.ly/3oGelSr
Brookings – https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2015/05/13/political-polarization-on-facebook/

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Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmV5LD1BNtM

Go see the Official video for Phase 2 of the effort to send Friar Roderic to the Moon. The idea is that trying to go to the Moon will promote his channel called “Mary to the Moon” and its message of Marian peace for a holy and happy future, yet promoting the channel promotes his chances of going. His higher chances of going promote the channel … you see what’s going on here, right?  So go view it,  “Like” it, subscribe, share it and … you never know where this could go.

#dearMoon #MarytotheMoon #dearmooncrew

Ave Maria!

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The link to the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmV5LD1BNtM

Here is a teaser for a new video on our Youtube channel “Mary to the Moon” a longer one to complement the one-minute video I published last week on why I should bring a statue of Mary to the Moon on the dearMoon mission on a SpaceX Starship to promote that channel’s central message of peace and unity. Ave Maria!

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Friar Roderic delivers his Open Letter to Elon Musk on how increasing the number of charitable ads, compared to commercial ads, can change the powerful divisive action of social media into an equally powerful force for unity in society, and pave the way for a reawakening of religion.

For the full version: https://youtu.be/Q2FWfynKd4U

Ave Maria!

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Listen as Friar Roderic points out many coincidences regarding the upcoming solar eclipse relative to the Annunciation and the appearance of a “Devil Comet” as spiritual signs urging repentance and faithfulness in the face of celestial and biblical symbols of good versus evil.

Divine Mercy Novena of  Chaplets – https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/novena

Ave Maria!

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