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An Open Letter to United Nations, on 50th Anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty

Upon a proposal issued by Space Renaissance International, eight organizations signed an open letter to United Nations, UNOOSA, all governments and their space agencies, to support the development of an equitable and coherent outer space legal system for the benefit of humanity.
The letter refers to the 50th Anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty, recurring October 10th 2017.

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Seven million and a half kg of gold in orbit

In the space between low orbit and geostationary orbit travel an estimated number of 700,000 objects larger than 1 cm and 170 million objects of dimensions greater than 1 mm. The near Earth space region becomes more and more dangerous. But here we want to discuss the convenience — today, and not in a distant future — of investing in orbital industrial activities conducted by human technicians, with respect to fully robotic operations. …

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Manuel Perez and Adriano Autino talk about the USIP event and requirements for an Outer Space Law

Space Renaissance USA, together with Lifeboat Foundation, will held an event, next October 10th 2017, at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington. The event will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the “Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies” (Outer Space Treaty).

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World wide call: support the Space Renaissance!

2017 is a wonderful opportunity, being the 50th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty, to bring to the public attention the theme of the expansion of civilian activities and expanding civilian rights into the Outer Space.
Trying to be coherent with the commitments we took in our last congress, a few months ago, we are developing several projects, in different countries, naming just some of these initiatives:
– a primary Space Renaissance Tour in Nigeria, next October
– an event at USIP, in the USA, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty, and solicit a revision and further implementation of it
– a similar event in Italy, in collaboration with ASI and ESA
– conferences in the UK, with universities in Glasgow and Edinbourgh
– developing Space Renaissance Academy, an high profile Institute for education and outreach.

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Elon Musk, Leonardo da Vinci and Wernher Von Braun

Renaissance years are never easy, as history teaches us, and this historical phase is manifesting more and more hectic and contradictory, if not chaotic, events. Political turmoil and movements came about centuries ago, and are doing so again, dividing countries, and offering simplistic answers to complex problems, pushing for change. In fact, today our world looks like a bubbling cauldron, where the global communication network allows the diffusion in real time of information on everything that happens.
Space Renaissance is both a goal and an astronautical humanist association: our mission is to accelerate the kickoff of the expansion of civilization into space. Sadly, history tells us that undesirable violence and injustice seem to inevitably accompany all advances the renaissance might bring to humanity, but that does not mean we must stand quietly by when this happens. We do not agree with the violence and so promote peaceful, collaborative civilian space development as an alternative to military interests.

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The SRI Board announced a position paper on civilian space development

The SRI Board announced a position paper on civilian space development. At their meeting on Saturday December 17th, the Board of Space Renaissance International (SRI) approved a position paper on civilian space development, and kicked-off the organization of the “Space Renaissance Tour”. The paper focuses the priorities of the international space advocacy association for the next four years.

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Crowdfunding for a Space Renaissance Tour, to support the Renaissance vs. new Middle Ages

SRI started a world wide crowdfunding campaign, to support the development of the Space Renaissance Tour. The main themes of the Tour will be: establishing Low Cost Access to Earth Orbit, addressing the issues of the Protection of Civilian Life and Health in Space, and advocating for a suitable set of Laws for the global governance of activities in Outer Space, i.e. to collate, and extend international civilian rights in space. The 50th Anniversary of the Outer Space Treaty, recurring in 2017, will be a key subject of this four years program.

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Moritz Bierling (Exosphere) interview to Adriano Autino, President of Space Renaissance International

Moritz Bierling (Exosphere) interviewed Adriano Autino, President of Space Renaissance International, in the frame of the Exosphere show called “The Creative Economy Interviews”. Autino talks about the Renaissance, begun 500 years ago, now aiming to outer space.
To make the meaningful steps of civilian expansion into outer space during next ten years is very urgent: low cost access to orbit, protection of life and human health for civilians passengers and settlers, a coherent space law system, to rule the commercial civilian activities in outer space.
The change of paradigm, now feasible, from military space exploration to civilization expansion into outer space. This is our presentist vision: the future shall be now! Traditional futurism, that used to promise a brilliant and distant future, is now obsolete. Humanity needs that brilliant future, now.
We recently had a very good methodology lesson by Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX: let’s do what we can with the technologies we have, which demonstrated that we can certainly achieve immediate results.

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