August 9, 2005, 8:12 a.m., Edwards Air Force Base, California. The Discovery Space Shuttle landed safely today after a 14-day trip into Space. The trip’s success was due partly to the Alkaline Fuel Cell which provided electric power for the ship. The Alkaline Fuel Cell (AFC) has had a long history of success in space travel dating back to the Apollo Moon Mission of the 1960s. At that time, Dr. Karl Kordesch developed an AFC for NASA while working for Union Carbide Company (UCC) of Ohio. (United Technologies was the successful bidder for the NASA fuel cell project). He also developed an AFC for the first fuel cell vehicle built by General Motors, the “ELECTROVAN”, in 1966. That AFC operated successfully in the GM van for 1,000 hours. In 1970 he built an AFC for an Austin A-40 and drove it continuously for 3-l/2 years. Dr. Kordesch is now a Director and Vice President of Apollo Energy Systems, Inc. and has brought the AFC to Apollo where it will be in mass production in Florida in 2006 according to Apollo’s current Business Plan. NASA paid $600,000 per kilowatt for the AFC for space travel. Dr. Kordesch has brought the cost down to $188 per kilowatt for the AFC for earth applications, affordable for land vehicles and power plants for homes