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Highlights Veterans' Day Science Sunspots What they should learn. Filter your Future: View All Posts   What they should learn. View All Posts Veterans' Day Science Nov 14, 2007 // // What they should learn. Last evening I had the pleasure of having dinner with my father. He is forward thinker and a decorated WWII veteran. Early in my life, he was the one who instilled in me a love of science. As he recounted several gripping and horrifying memories of combat, I was reminded of how the accoutrements of war have changed in the last 60 years. They have, indeed, changed the methods of fighting, although the nature of war itself still remains the same. What is responsible for this? Science. Our soldiers can protect and defend us better. Thank goodness, as we all know that freedom is never free. We can attack and dispose of our enemies quicker, more efficiently; sometimes even remotely. I am amazed and horrified at the same time. And how we have benefited from the byproducts of war time science: surgical reconstructions techniques from WWI, the elite German scientists that aided our burgeoning space program, nuclear medicine, GPS services…the list is literally endless. So after dinner with my father, I am aware again that in our world, war has become necessary and am grateful for the heroes that survived and the science that developed. View the Most Recent Blog Entries About • SpaceMatters Other Futures: * Roy Scarfo • Religion and Space