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Aeronautical engineer and former Indian president A.P .J.Abdul Kalam presented his vision for the future of space in a lecture at Rice University in Houston, TX., on Oct. 18. Speaking to near-capacity audience in the Stude Concert Hall at Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Rice University, Kalam present ed his "World Space Vision 2050," - a vision for using space as a stimulus for international cooperation and problem-solving.

To achieve his World Space Vision 2050, Kalam proposed establishing a World Space Council. "The World Space Council, with global participation, could oversee the planning and implementation of exploration, space security and societal missions," Kalam said"Such a unified approach will enable the world to see a quantum jump in the progress in space science and technology for the benefit of all the nations of the world."

Results Kalam believes are possible by 2050 which include the distribution of energy throughout the world via solar power and solar-powered satellites, worldwide electronic connectivity through a constellation of communication satellites, provision of safe drinking water using technology designed to desalinate seawater through solar power and development of an industrial complex on the moon and an alternate habitat on Mars.

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