The world has embarked on a path that can only lead to the suicide of civilization, if not of the human species tout-court. For years now, we have been facing epochal emergencies — climate, energy, and resource crises among them. This global crisis was never going to resolve on its own: the UN’s own assessment
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Abstract Expanding humanity into outer space would represent one of the greatest transitions in human history. If millions of people eventually live and work in space, the social structures familiar to us today are likely to evolve into very different forms. Predicting those structures is difficult. Few, if any, could have predicted the profound societal
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by Enes Beşli The fourth day of Space Renaissance International’s Fourth World Congress examined the technologies, infrastructure, health systems and cultural initiatives needed to transform space from a destination for short missions into a place where civilian communities could live, travel and create. 3 July 2026 — The Fourth Space Renaissance International World Congress continued
by Adriano V. Autino This was the third day of the Space and NASA’s International Support for Congress, with multiple panel sessions and presentations. The meeting began with Robert Katz welcoming attendees to Day 3 on July 2, 2026. The Living in Space Session The session began with Adriano Autino presenting on the importance of
by Enes Beşli The second day of Space Renaissance International’s Fourth World Congress brought together philosophers, policy specialists, lawyers and space advocates to examine the cultural foundations of spaceflight, the governance of future settlements, the proposed 18th Sustainable Development Goal and the prevention of conflict beyond Earth. 1 July 2026 — The Fourth Space Renaissance International
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by Enes Beşli The first day of Space Renaissance International’s Fourth World Congress brought together space leaders, philosophers, engineers, lawyers and advocates to examine how civilian space development could improve quality of life on Earth and support humanity’s future beyond it. 30 June 2026 — Space Renaissance International (SRI) opened its Fourth World Congress, SRI4C,
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Space Renaissance International (SRI) will organize a high-level side event during the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee on 16 April 2026 at UNOOSA (Vienna), proposed and convened by Dr. Gülin Dede, titled “Operationalising Space as a Cross-Cutting Enabler of Sustainable Development: Perspectives on an Emerging 18th SDG Articulation.” The session will bring together legal, policy, industry, and
While space agencies globally recognize space applications, diplomacy, and national prestige as core justifications for their work, they remain hesitant to embrace a critical concept: the urgent humanization of space, or the urgent expansion of civilization into space. Similarly, educational institutions have not yet integrated matters related to civilian space development into their curricula.Reviewing the
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THE HUMANIST CHESS PLAYER Why do we support Elon Musk and Space X. Or, the political quagmire of the 21st Century Contributions by Marie-Luise Heuser and Alberto Cavallo Many Western countries are now confronting a “generational” problem. The population index is stable, if not declining (when slightly positive, this is only due to immigration). Governments
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Historically, colonialism was initially predicated on a simple “rob and take home” concept. During the first colonialist age, the superpowers of that era (primarily England and France) used to send their agents overseas to obtain precious goods at very low prices, and to bring those goods back to their home countries, selling them at very
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