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, the results of the voting session, and the Congress Acta by Adriano V. Autino Dear SRI Members, supporters and participants to the SRI 4th World Congress, the Congress ended the July 4th after 5 days of intense participation and discussion. On behalf of the SRIC4
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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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by Enes Beşli The first day of Space Renaissance International’s Fourth World Congress brought together space leaders, philosophers, engineers, lawyers and advocates to examine how civilian space development could improve quality of life on Earth and support humanity’s future beyond it. 30 June 2026 — Space Renaissance International (SRI) opened its Fourth World Congress, SRI4C,
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Space Renaissance International (SRI) was represented at the 69th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) in Vienna, Austria, by Bernard Foing, Dr. Gülin Dede, Werner Grandl, and Enes Beşli. The SRI delegation contributed to the session’s dialogue through two technical presentations: one delivered by Werner Grandl,
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While doing research during the works of the SRI 4th World Congress, I am trying to deepen my knowledge of the immense work done by Gerard K. O’Neill and his Space Studies Institute (SSI) during the second half of the past century. Gerry took the work where Tsiolkovsky, Oberth, von Braun, and others had left
GERARD K. O’NEILL WAS NOT HONORED AS DESERVED, SO FAR… BUT MAYBE IT’S NOT TOO LATE! Read More »