By the next century it may be possible to accomplish careful and limited weather manipulation from orbit. For example, large- scale cloud feeding might utilize orbital bombing with silver iodide. An orbiting mirror might be used to heat certain portions of the atmosphere to deflect atmospheric currents and thus divert rain-laden clouds or storms. The mirror might also be used to illuminate portions of the earth to speed crop maturation, or perhaps to aid in night time rescue operations. In the next century, space may provide an alternative to war. Space, after all, offers the potential for a non warlike political arena where political advantage may be obtained without killing. As it may permit nations to develop advanced technologies without building weapons, it could thus provide new chances ed for international co-operation. eheaSpace discoveries will tend to place man in diminishing perspective with respect to the cosmos which surrounds him. This realizaticr.- coming over decades-may help to illustrate the futility and purposelessness of conflict on earth. And as the earth becomes smaller as a result of its growing population, the limit- less boundaries of space will begin to open to infuse in ima- ginations the spirit of exploration that otherwise would all of the generations that come after ours. The boom babies will face significant challenges in the years ahead. From our present perspective, 70 years is a very distant- time horizón, but from the perspective of history, it is a mere blink of an eye. And yet the challenges and opportunities for the generation we spawned are staggering in their potential. denied Suxpsisna difficutthokeiere . prrssy???​