Civilian Space Protocol Promo
A beautiful video-clip, made by Kevin Mirick, to promote the Civilian Space Protocol. Civilian Space Protocol #civilianspaceprotocol
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Is the surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization?
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
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
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THE LUNAR EXPLOITATION INDUSTRY COULD TAKE OFF WITH SOME MORE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
THE LUNAR EXPLOITATION INDUSTRY COULD TAKE OFF WITH SOME MORE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT by Giulio Prisco In my last SpaceNews Op-Ed I argued that we should build a sustainable presence on the Moon before moving on to Mars and beyond. I stated that promising business cases for returning to and start exploiting the Moon, with reasonable
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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS “SOLVING OUR PROBLEMS ON EARTH BEFORE GOING TO SPACE”
The COVID19 global crisis is dramatically real. All of our old diatribes are bullshit, now. But different communities will try to use the crisis to confirm their ideologies, and use it to claim a confirmation of their recipes for “saving the planet”. Radical ecologists will argue that humanity has abused the resources of this planet,
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A brave old world
When we, Space Renaissance members, spoke of the many dangers humanity was facing on the planet, which we felt could only be addressed by having humanity move out into space, I doubt we imagined we would be facing two of these dangers in a few years. Yet at this moment, most of us are in
We’re almost eight billion, nobody can stop us!
Key concepts: Why are governments useful in times of big crisis? Because they can recover the economy, printing currency, supporting stock markets after catastrophic events, such as pandemics. The extraordinary growth of our civilization in this closed world has reached the limit. The closed world syndrome puts civilization at risk, with many threats such as
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A call to the world wide Space Community: the Civilian Space Protocol
Space Renaissance International, together with Lifeboat Foundation, Team Synergy Moon and Seanasol, just launched a world wide initiative, called “The Civilian Space Protocol” (CSP). The protocol is a letter that we plan to send to the Governments of 194 Countries of Planet Earth, to solicit them to spend at least 20% of their military budget
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The green revolution is necessary but not enough!
The green revolution is necessary but not enough! It is not a matter of “saving the planet”, but saving civilization and its development. The only sustainable development is the one that aims at space, using the immense resources of the Solar System. A 18th point shall be added to the agenda of the 17 UN
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We don’t need a “Planet B”. We have an entire Solar System
A million and a half students, even very young ones, took to the streets Friday March 15th, in two thousand cities around the world, for the climate, responding to a Greta Thunberg’s call. Greta is a 16-year-old student in Stockholm: “I will not stop. Not until greenhouse gas emissions have fallen below the alarm level.”
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