SRI Newsletters
While we are opening our preliminary discussion for the 3rd SRI World Congress, a number of questions and concerns are being expressed by the main space columnists, about what could be the philosophic setup of the space policy defined by the new US Administration, should it be confirmed the next December 14th.Though Joe Biden didn’t
Space or Earth? Both! Read More »
“Space colonization and suffering risks: Reassessing the ‘maxipok rule’” is an article published in 2018 by Phil Torres, Director of the Project for Future Human Flourishing. The article, published two years before Covid19, argues that expanding civilization into space would be the worst dystopian future. This nonsense theory is based on the hypothesis that expansion
My determined refutation of Phil Torres’s arguments against space colonization Read More »
Space.com published a beautiful brief reflection about the new space pioneers, how they are perceived in the incoming post covid ideological climate, and how the space community should anticipate and reverse such a possible misfelt methaphysics.A summary of the contents: Opposite of Elysium’s elite, the so called Space Barons have goals of the highest order:
The Elysium effect: a Rick Tumlinson’s small paper on Space Pioneers Read More »
Recently Space Renaissance International went through a two months discussion, in a tentative to unify our efforts with some colleagues, since a few years organized in the International Lunar Decade group. The envisaged new alliance was to be called ‘Global Space Renaissance’ (GSR). However, such a tentative has aborted, after acknowledging a fundamental difference in
Is this a small divergence of visions or a major philosophical issue? Read More »
Corrinne Graham (Economic financial analyst, Space Renaissance USA) interviewed Gregg Maryniak, about his history, motivation and aims to inspire young generations to find their way to the outer space: Gregg is the co-founder, together with Peter Diamandis, of the XPRIZE Foundation. The XPRIZE is recognized by the space community, as the initiative that triggered the
An article published by Lori Garver in 2019 proposed to “forget new crewed missions in space” and “NASA to focus on saving Earth.” I thought such an extreme position was worth to be discussed, and strongly refuted. No Lori. I strongly disagree with you. I am not a US citizen, but NASA is a Planet
Humanity is not forced to choose among Earth and Space, yet Read More »
Before going to space, should we solve the problems here, on Earth?
The need for growth
The management of scarce resources is possible only by despotic regimes
The only way is space industrialization
The Great Objection and its Confutation Read More »
A beautiful video-clip, made by Kevin Mirick, to promote the Civilian Space Protocol. Civilian Space Protocol #civilianspaceprotocol
Civilian Space Protocol Promo Read More »
Is the surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization? by A. V. Autino While recovering the materials of the old Technologies of the Frontier website (destroyed by hackers few years ago), I came across this document: an interview by Stewart Brand’s with Gerard O’Neill, made in July 1975. In
SRI’S PROGRAM IS NOW URGENT, IN ORDER TO END THE POST-LOCKDOWN RECESSION Abstract This article discusses the urgency to start developing reusable passenger-carrying space-vehicles. Growth is necessary for quality of life, and no more growth will be possible without free space travel. Creation of new business activities is necessary, and lack of new industries is
SRI’S PROGRAM IS NOW URGENT, IN ORDER TO END THE POST-LOCKDOWN RECESSION Read More »
