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HONG KONG: From Before Sunrise, through Noon, and into the Night

  Our first day in Hong Kong began on the Ritz-Carlton Luminara,  I went for a simple breakfast at Azur  On the way back to the room, took a video of Hong Kong before sunrise. From my veranda, saw the sunrise over Hong Kong. Then a swift checkout through customs and immigration.  Ritz-Carlton was so organized this time.  There was someone accompanying us through the whole process and into a large van to take us to the Ritz-Carlton hotel.  One final goodbye to the Luminara....I thought. It was a very short ride to the Ritz-Carlton.  We got a Club Lounge room on the top floor, room 111620, which means we're on the 116th floor.  Here is our view....of Hong Kong and the Ritz-Carlton Luminara. Luminara was there all day into the night.  The Club Lounge is only a few steps away from our room.  We had lunch and English tea. Noodles with Hong Kong Beer. Hong Kong during the day. Then, dinner. A few photos of Hong Kong at night. Hong Kong Island....
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DAY 14 ON THE RITZ-CARLTON LUMINARA: With a Futuristic Glance at China

Finally, as the Ritz-Carlton Luminara docks in Hong Kong, China, I thought the following documentary videos were worthy of sharing. Above, the world's largest radio telescope, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telscope (FAST), also called Sky Eye.  Remember the Puerto Rico version which was used in the film,  Contact ?  That was 1000 feet in diameter.  FAST is 1640 feet wide. Shanghai 65,000 drone show to open the year 2026.    Also,  the advancements made in China . China just shocked the world with what it’s building. While other nations invest trillions in wars and weapons, China is using that same power to build the future through innovation, construction, and technology. From colossal bridges that connect entire provinces to high-speed railways crossing mountains and undersea tunnels stretching for miles, these are the China megaprojects that are redefining what it means to build a modern nation. In just two decades, China has become the w...

RITZ-CARLTON LUMINARA: DAY 13--The History of Fusion

  Our ship docked in Halong Bay, and I've had a lot of recent coverage because of our  Diamond Princess cruise through this area , so I will today focus on Fusion, the greatest hope for sustainable energy into the long-term future,  Today, only a history. There are two kinds of nuclear reactions. Fission:  splitting a heavy nuclei, like Uranium.  An Atomic Bomb gets energy from fission. Fusion:  joining light nuclei, like, like isotopes of Hydrogen, Deuterium and Tritium.  A Hydrogen Bomb uses fusion. Some  fusion history . In 1920, British physicist Francis Aston discovered that the mass of four hydrogen atoms is greater than the mass of one helium atom, which implied that energy can be released by combing hydrogen atoms to form helium. This concept provided the first hints of how stars produced energy. Henry Russell observed that a star's heat came from a hot core rather than the entire star. Mark Oliphant, working with Ernest Rutherford and oth...