Moon-Walker Astronaut Dr. Ed Mitchell to Keynote

Dr. Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the moon as part of his Apollo 14 mission (http://www.edmitchellapollo14.com/). As anyone might expect, this adventure significantly impacted his life, but in ways that continue to this day. In Mitchell’s book “The Way of the Explorer,” he explains the consciousness shifting ramifications of his journey, which lead to his founding the Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.ions.org). What does Mitchell think of Digital Earth? In a personal dialog he explains how he believes that humankind is in the path of peril and that only through a significant increase in our collective IQs will we find salvation. Digital Earth is envisioned to provide the mechanisms for collective IQ enhancements, if we can get humankind to drink from this fountain of knowledge. Perhaps the next generation will learn from Mitchell and cooperate on this greatest of human challenges; Mission to Planet Earth.