Lt. Colonel Shane Kimbrough Speaks from Space.
- Lt. Colonel Shane Kimbrough
“My name is Lt. Colonel Shane Kimbrough and I am on the International Space Station orbiting 200 miles above the earth.
During the 90 minutes it takes us to circle the earth, we do not see borders or boundaries. From up here, the task of solving the world’s biggest problems seems less daunting. But when our shuttle today (Sunday), we will return to a world where border disputes and financial crises lead the nightly news. Those challenges define our world and their solutions will define our future.
On World AIDS Day, December 1st, we are celebrating our success in helping to bring lifesaving HIV/AIDS treatment to 3 million people globally, including 2 million Africans. But there are 7 million more people who are in critical need of AIDS drugs and don’t have them. There are also millions at risk of becoming infected with HIV. We can drastically reduce poverty and preventable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, on our planet…………”
Read Lt. Colonel Shane Kimbrough full message below:
- Leaving the Space Station 28th November 2008
Lt. Colonel Shane Kimbrough and crew on their way home and will be back on US soil this Sunday 30th November 2008. To see why Shane has sent us this message on World AIDS Day lookup:
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