INTO SPACE - A DREAM FOR THE WORLD
Why Space?
Because Space is the last and largest frontier.[link]
Because Space has an endless supply of energy and resources. [liml]
Because technology has made Space a place where the dreams of mankind can be nurtured and achieved. [limk]
When Apollo reached the moon millions of people world wide began to dream of going into space, of living in space, of creating jobs, communities and careers in space. Fragments of that dream are part of our lives with telecommunications satellites, Hubble photos and the international space station, but the dream remains mostly unfullfilled and with that lack the optimism of Apollo has turned on itself and the world is smaller and poorer for it.
All peoples need a dream, something to work for, for their children or their children's children. Going to America used to be that dream, but America has lostnmuch of its appeal. America today has lost its place as the goal of people dreaming of a better life. People in America no longer have the freedom to work and achieve, to fail and start pver that they one had and the nation is poorer and weaker for the endless regulations and government programs that are bringing it to its knees.
WE DREAM of a Frontier open to everyone that has the skills and the desire to go, and an organization that can help anyone learn the needed skills.
Today it is costly for man to go into space and excessive regulations multiply that cost. In the 1700's going to america was risky. On many ships up to a third of all prospective settlers died, and when they reached America many more died developing the land, taming the hostile environment and turning it into a land of mild and honey. It took time and millions of lives. Today excessive regulations prevent people from risking their lives and preclude all from enjoying the challenge and the eventual benefits of developing space.
One argument that holds back the developement of space is its cost. This argument shows a lack of vision, a lack of understanding that space industrialization has the potential to pay its way and make millions wealthy. On earth power from the sun (using solar cells) is prohibitatively expansive and without government subsidies would never have developed past a way to provide power to isolated homes and facilities. In space energy from the sun is available 24/7 and there is essentially no limit to the size of the collectorsnthatncan be built. There is also none of the downside of requiring all taxpayers to pay for installations that benefit the few. A large solar power satellite can send 1.3 billion dollars of billable electricity to the US power grid per month, enough electricity to power up to 10 million homes . Several large solar power satellites can replace the oldest and leats efficient power plants reducing the production of CO2 by millions of tons per year. The more sattelites that are built the more CO2 generation can be reduced in the United States and all around the world. Eventually power can be supplied to every nation on earth without burning coal or increasingly scarce and expensive oil, reducing utility costs for all.
The dream of visiting other worlds persists. With space industrialization the cost of sending large well equipped expeditions to other planets becomes affordable. With space industrialization there will be communities in space providing earth like conditions and more can be built so that anyone can visit space for a vacation, to attend school, for medical treatment at reduced gravity, to train athletes at increased gravity or to play games at zero gravity. Finding it hard to get around, retire to a community where you can choose the gravity you want to live at.
WE INVITE YOU to DREAM OF and PARTICIPATE IN opening the frontier of space to engauge and inspire all.