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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 »
Space Renaissance International (SRI) will organize a high-level side event during the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee on 16 April 2026 at UNOOSA (Vienna), proposed and convened by Dr. Gülin Dede, titled “Operationalising Space as a Cross-Cutting Enabler of Sustainable Development: Perspectives on an Emerging 18th SDG Articulation.” The session will bring together legal, policy, industry, and
While space agencies globally recognize space applications, diplomacy, and national prestige as core justifications for their work, they remain hesitant to embrace a critical concept: the urgent humanization of space, or the urgent expansion of civilization into space. Similarly, educational institutions have not yet integrated matters related to civilian space development into their curricula.Reviewing the
SRIC4 NEWS #05: A MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH: BE THE VOICE OF PEACE Read More »
What truly defines “Quality of Life” (QoL), and why we have titled the SRI IV World Congress on it?QoL is a broad concept, including all of the aspects of the life of us, human inhabitants of the third planet of this Solar System. Traditionally, we define QoL through the essentials—food, shelter, health, and education. These
SRIC4 Newsletter #04 – What is Quality of Life? Read More »
THE 4TH SPACE RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONGRESS June 30 – July 4, 2026 Work continues on the five-year Congress; SRI sends delegates to COPUOS Scientific & Technical Subcommittee meeting in Vienna. The preliminary SRI Academy webinar series is online. It includes past presentations, including last week’s by Alberto Cavallo on “Date Centers in Space”, a practical
SRIC4 News #03 – by Dennis O’Brien Read More »
Dear Space Friends, Today let me attract your attention to the SRI 4th World Congress, an online event held every five years. The 2026 session is titled “Quality of Life, on Earth and Beyond”, and will take place from 30 June to 4 July. The Congress scope is the development of a space policy suitable
SRI 4th World Congress: some key topics Read More »
Welcome to the newsletter for SRI’s 4th World Congress, an online event held every five years. The Congress takes care of required business (e.g., the selection of directors) but is otherwise devoted to the development of policies and the practical steps needed to promote and implement them. We will also draft a Final Resolution and
THE 4TH SPACE RENAISSANCE INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONGRESS June 30 – July 4, 2026 Read More »
Space Renaissance International (SRI) is a Permanent Observer at the UN’s Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). We are currently advocating for: Ownership of resources removed from in place (being considered by the COPUOS Working Group on the Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activity); Permanent advisory status for the private sector in
SRI NEWSLETTER – “WE SPEAK FOR THE SETTLERS!” Read More »
As the geopolitical climate shifts, we increasingly hear warmongering pronouncements that tend to resurrect popular sentiments we naïvely believed had been buried by history.Among these is the claim that Europe is weak and cowardly, unwilling to cross the threshold between adolescence and adulthood. Maturity, according to this narrative, demands rearmament and a head-on confrontation with
THE BRAVE AND THE COWARDS – SRI Newsletter December 2025 Read More »
Artificial Intelligence and Civilian Space Development: A Call for Synergy, Not Substitution! Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rising at an extraordinary speed, emerging as an entirely new industrial pillar. Leading corporations—NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet—are achieving unprecedented revenue growth, reshaping global markets in just a few years. According to market analysts, the global AI market is likely
SUPPORT “HI” EVERYWHERE! – SRI Newsletter November 2025 Read More »