He’s Been To Space; Now Franklin Díaz Wants To Improve Life On Earth

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He’s Been To Space; Now Franklin Díaz Wants To Improve Life On Earth
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Ad Astra is currently working with the government of Costa Rica on a project involving hydrogen vehicles, including buses and the first four Toyota Mirai sedans in Central America.

and has been to space seven times. He’s also in the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame. But for all of his visits to the heavens, he spends a lot of time thinking about how to make things better here on earth. For example, Ad Astra is working with the government of Costa Rica on a project involving hydrogen vehicles, including buses and the first four Toyota Mirai sedans in Central America. Diaz calls Ad Astra “a rocket company that also deals with electric propulsion on earth.

A: We've come to realize that the planet is finite and there is limit to the growth to humanity that the planet can sustain. We are making changes to our behavior to try and go a little further, to make the planet help us be sustainable, but it's really, no matter what, eventually will not be sustainable because there are too many of us. I think we are already seeing the effects of that heavy load put on the planetary environment. That's why people migrate.

Q: I heard you say earlier that there can be a number of side benefits to a hydrogen economy. This is something not many people are talking about today. A: People always point out that it's inefficient and expensive to make hydrogen from water, but they always ignore the fact that you're producing a lot of oxygen in the process and that oxygen has a value. Then there’s the fact that you make clean water when you use the hydrogen. We should pay attention to that as well.A: In my mind, looking deep into the future, the Earth really will become humanity's national park, a place where humans of all kinds will come back to visit.

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