Space Renaissance Academy Webinar Series

Is there, or was there life anywhere else out there in the Solar System? This question could indeed be answered in our time. The spacefaring nations and organizations sent and send super high-tech spacecraft to our neighboring planet Mars where scientists think the life had good chances to exist in the past, or even today. Read More

The Cosmic Zoo hypothesis states that if life originates on a planetary body it will eventually evolve to become complex, meaning plant- and animal-like, if the planet or moon stays habitable long enough (in general billions of years). Multiple biochemically pathways have been invented through natural selection to arrive at Earth´s biosphere as it is Read More

SRI supports peaceful, civilian expansion into outer space. But there is another point of view about space and expansion into it, not just as peaceful. Geopolitics is the study of international relations in consideration of geography – that is, how human as well as physical geography affects the relations among states and state-like organizations. The Read More

There is a great deal of earnest work to be done if humankind is ever to achieve the ultimate goal of expanding beyond Earth and establishing new branches of civilization throughout our solar system. Certainly, there are many technical issues that need to be addressed. But just as important are the international policies that can Read More

Water in space: The third underground. Mars Underground, Moon Underground, and the "water Underground" A green environment is paramount important, in any space habitat. Learning how vegetable life works and reproduce (or not reproduce) itself is a key challenge, on the roadmap to space settlement. Equal attention should be paid to water. As human life Read More

The last event of 2022 will take place December 19th: Christmas Special meeting. with our president Prof. Bernard Foing! We’ll have a look at what we have done in 2022, and we’ll announce the program of 2023. The Zoom meeting will be open to all of the SRI Members and invited friends! All participants will Read More

We create and shape our surroundings. Thereafter, our surroundings shape us. New cities are emerging, established towns are growing and expanding, and many metropolises are merging to become megalopolises around the globe. And urban infrastructures around the world are coping hard to adjust to new pressures including the huge population migration from rural to urban Read More

Abstract The possibility that, in a not too distant future, a human settlement could be established on the Moon becomes increasingly real. Sociological knowledge invites us not to underestimate social problems that could arise in a dangerous lunar environment. Issues of social order and effective collaboration among settlers from different cultures may be particularly sensitive. Read More

MOON VILLAGE ASSOCIATION - Cultural Considerations Working Group in cooperation with SPACE RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL The webinar will take place Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at 17.00 CET AGENDA Remo Rapetti: Introduction Giuseppe Reibaldi and Bernard Foing: Welcome address Frank White: The Universal Insight and the Overview Effect Annahita Nezami: Going boldly where no human has gone before: Read More