With so many problems on Earth, why are our leaders allocating time and resources on voyages to the Moon? There’s a very simple explanation: The Moon may hold the solution to many of our challenges.  And this is not just wishful thinking; a growing number of leaders believe this.    

Over the last five decades, antibiotics have literally saved millions of American lives and many more around the world.  But bacteria and other harmful organisms mutate and over time develop resistance to medicines. As a result, illnesses that typically respond to medication are becoming much more difficult to treat.  Is there any way out of this dilemma?