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All Shook Up!

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All Shook Up is how I certainly was when I learnt that Robert Sadler was part of the team that built the seismometers used on the Apollo missions. I spoke to Robert every two months from 2014 until 2021 before he passed away at age 94, and updated him of the Citizens Party's campaign. I post here the text of an article with the same title he wrote which was published in Sky and Space magazine Feb-March 2000. Thanks to Joseph Mate for the original scan! Cheers, Robert, you're in immortality!-DJM

My favourite individual song

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Der Doppelganger from Schubert's Schwanegesang

Adopt Glass-Steagall

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I said this in 2010... and 8 years later, Bob Katter introduced our Bill into Parliament! In December 2018, Senator Pauline Hanson announced on Twitter that she was going to introduce our bill into the Senate. On January 31, 2019, Jeff Morris, the CommInsure whistleblower tweeted this: Will Hayne #banksrc recommend the separation of retail banking (ala Glass–Steagall) and for an institution such as @auspost to offer nationalised banking services? — Dr Koh Whistleblower (@drkohComminsure) January 31, 2019 I certainly hope so!

One of My Life's Achievements

A follower of Australian-rules football (known as AFL , Australian Football League), in 2000 I convinced then-Football Victoria now AFL Victoria , who run the under 18 TAC Cup and ex-Victorian Football Association (VFA)/now-Victorian Football League (VFL), to setup an official website. I worked with them to set it up after the 2000 VFL and TAC Cup season and it went online soon after. As I type this post I can't locate an archive of that original site. From mid-October 2000, my Intergalactic Boundless Renaissance Operation began.

CELEBRATE SPACE EXPLORATION!

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" The testimony of the ages confirms that the motions of the planets are orbicular. It is an immediate presumption of reason, reflected in experience, that their gyrations are perfect circles. For among figures it is circles, and among bodies the heavens, that are considered the most perfect. However, when experience is seen to teach something different to those who pay careful attention, namely, that the planets deviate from a simple circular path, it gives rise to a powerful sense of wonder , which at length drives men to look into causes." - Johannes Kepler, The New Astronomy. Since being captivated by Halley's Comet in 1986, I have passionately advocated that humanity must explore our universe! I watched the Space Shuttle launches, and believe we should go back to the Moon, setup a base there to launch towards Mars. China will go to the Moon to get Helium 3, which can be used for energy. Australia must setup not only a space agency, but a launch pad! The 49...

Plato's Cave

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How most people in Western Civilisation behave:

Developing Northern Australia for 100 Million People

In July 2010, I welcomed Malayasian agricultural scientist Mohd Peter David to Australia. I interviewed him and he also gave a presentation at a seminar. Here is my review of that seminar.  link is dead i will fix soon