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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SRIC4 The Quality of Life on Earth and Beyond SRIC4 closed, the 4th of July 2026 – the Final Resolution by Dr. Gülin Dede Dear Space Renaissance Community, The 4th SRI World Congress “Quality of Life, on Earth and Beyond” has come to a close after five remarkable days, from June 30th to July 4th,
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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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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
THE 4TH SPACE RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONGRESS June 30 – July 4, 2026 Work continues on the five-year Congress; SRI sends delegates to COPUOS Scientific & Technical Subcommittee meeting in Vienna. The preliminary SRI Academy webinar series is online. It includes past presentations, including last week’s by Alberto Cavallo on “Date Centers in Space”, a practical
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Dear Space Friends, Today let me attract your attention to the SRI 4th World Congress, an online event held every five years. The 2026 session is titled “Quality of Life, on Earth and Beyond”, and will take place from 30 June to 4 July. The Congress scope is the development of a space policy suitable
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Dear SRI Friends and Supporters, I don’t feel to wish you anything for the next year, since Wishes are obvious, when war drones are flying in the near skies, and too many times Wishes were unfulfilled.On the contrary, I am calling for help. Don’t be afraid, this time I am not asking for money, though
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