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24
Dec
2022
Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Spaceal 2023!

Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Spaceal 2023!

Many many Wishes to all the Space Renaissance Friends, Supporters and Members everywhere they are!

I wish you a serene and joyful Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever recurrence you’re going to celebrate, and a Great Spaceal 2023!

After eating and drinking during the various celebrations, take some minutes for reflection. I wish you that your mind was driven to think about the absurd yet exciting times we are living. Among the absurdities we may list the waste of money and human lives in wars aimed to conquer territories on Earth surface, instead of moving outside, in the outer space, to achieve new space and resources for every earther citizens. Also, let’s think about the absurdity of a police corps that call themselves “the moral police” while raping and killing a 14 years old girl… Where is morality in rape and murder??

Among the thrilling things we may list the first orbital flight of the Space X’s Starship, the first fully reusable space vehicle! We wish very much that it can happen as soon as possible, opening the way to civilian space development. Such event will be a powerful antidote against the rape of morality and the rape of the logic of language. Flying to orbit, Starship will smash and revert the perverse de-growthist slope, breaking the absurd evil spell that is smothering our civilization.

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Posted by Adriano in Newsletters
25
Nov
2022
29 November 2022 – join us at SRI Giving Tuesday… we need a bit of your money!

29 November 2022 – join us at SRI Giving Tuesday… we need a bit of your money!

Dear SRI friends and supporters, in these days we are experiencing, let’s say, a troubled weather! Last, but not least, our beloved Manny (Manuel Perez, president of Space Renaissance USA) sadly passed away at just 69, while he still had so many things to do…

Now we have to work harder, also in order to carry ahead, and upwards, the mission of developing the space renaissance, to which Manny dedicated a meaningful part of his life.

Developing the space renaissance chiefly means to build Space Renaissance, our organization, and assure the sustainability of our program for 2023.

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Posted by Adriano in Events, News, Newsletters
23
Nov
2022
A serious mourning has struck our community

A serious mourning has struck our community

— Press release by Space Renaissance International – November 22nd 2022 —

Manuel Perez “Manny”, the President of Space Renaissance USA, passed away the 21st of November 2022, at the age of 69, following a long illness.

Manny was a great space activist, embracing a broad, generous, humanist vision of the world and humanity.

For all of us, in the Space Renaissance community, Manny has been a fond friend, who never failed to provide assistance to enhance our outreach to the global community, making complex things simple to be understood and shared by our first interlocutor: the people, human society, at large.

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Posted by Adriano in News, Press Releases
21
Nov
2022
Invitation to the SRI Giving Tuesday – 29 November 2022

Invitation to the SRI Giving Tuesday – 29 November 2022

All of the supporters and friends of Space Renaissance are warmly invited to the SRI Giving Tuesday – 29 November 2022, from 17:00 to 22:00 UTC, in a mini-marathon Zoom meeting.

The meeting will also be livestreamed on the Space Renaissance TV YouTube channel.

All of the participants will have the possibility to talk, asking questions, discussing about any space topics, and also tell us what they think about SRI, our outreach activities, the efficacy of our arguments, the usefulness of our initiatives to UN, to IAF, to ISU and the Academic world, in which measure we are reaching the large public opinion, and… donate some money to SRI!

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Posted by Adriano in Blog, News, Newsletters
17
Nov
2022
Planet Earth is now home to 8 billion citizens. The 18° SDG is very urgent.

Planet Earth is now home to 8 billion citizens. The 18° SDG is very urgent.

The world’s population officially passed 8 billion people the 15 of November 2022. According to a projection from the United Nations, such threshold represents a “milestone in human development, before birth rates start to slow”. Such a crucial day falls during the COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheik (the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference), and the G20 summit in Bali. Please note, just in these few words, that “birth rates start to slow” is given as a discounted, normal thing to happen, or even to advocate for.Yet, even while the global population keeps on raising, the growth rate has fallen to less than 1% per year. The UN projects the global population to peak at 10.4 billion people in the 2080s and then remain steady until 2100. The “remaining steady” is also given as a normal thing to occur. Now, did you ever see a steady species? In addition, may a cultural species achieve a steady demographic status? Just to mention one criteria, consider the extreme volatility of our psychological moods, that strongly determines growth and de-growth.

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Posted by Adriano in Articles, Blog, Newsletters
10
Nov
2022
Moon Village Association and Space Renaissance International sign a Memorandum of Understanding

Moon Village Association and Space Renaissance International sign a Memorandum of Understanding

Vienna, Austria – (November 9 2022)
On 9th November, 2022 during the Moon Village Association’s Workshop and Symposium taking place in Los Angeles, California, leaders of the MVA and of the Space Renaissance International announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for furthering their shared goals of researching the developments in the space sector.
The Memorandum of Understanding has the scope to start collaborating in a joint effort to promote space activities, science public outreach, education and international participation of space stakeholders into research in all subjects related to the development, use and further exploration of outer space.

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Posted by Adriano in News, Press Releases, SRI Announcements
14
Oct
2022
Space For All: From Goal to Reality

Space For All: From Goal to Reality

by Adriano V. Autino

Back from Paris, we needed a couple of weeks to recap what we have witnessed, what we have experienced and which role the Space Renaissance International (SRI) has played at the International Astronautical Congress, the 73rd. Of course our work is far from completion, especially thinking about what we want to do in the coming years, with SRI having been formally recognized as an official member of the IAF. In this role, we participated for the first time in the IAF General Assembly, where were able to really get a feel for operations with the IAF (the biggest international space organization in the world!).

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Posted by Adriano in Articles, Blog, News
11
Oct
2022
Space Renaissance has done great things at the 73rd IAF Congress, in Paris!

Space Renaissance has done great things at the 73rd IAF Congress, in Paris!

This year’s IAC was really special! In fact, for the first time in history we were able to set up our own booth –the mythical D11b – thanks to the collaboration with several partners, including: Lunex/EuroMoonMars, MMAARS, Mark Yaeger’s Origin, EuroSpaceHub and ITACCUS.  It was a small booth, 3×3 m., but very intense. Each day we held interviews, events, cocktail parties, and we even made some good jam sessions, playing Moon songs and other jazz standards!

As official member of IAF, SRI participated to the IAF General Assembly, voted on several motions, including the choice of locations for IAC 2024 (Milano, Italy) and 2025 (Sidney, Australia). This last choice witnessed an intense discussion, because the first proposal was Saudi Arabia. The assembly voted against such motion, after several speeches, due to the policy of the Saudi government, oppressive against women and their rights.

Our members authored or co-authored about 30 papers: Adriano V. Autino, Bernard Foing, Celia Avila-Rauch, Emmy Jewell, Ghanim Alotaibi, Julio Rezende, Kaja Antlej, Marie-Luise Heuser, Marie-Pier Boucher, Marlène Losier, Susan Jewell, Werner Grandl, Cole Armagost, Ioana Roxana Perrier, Jerry Stone, Maria Moukarzel, Marie-Pier Boucher, Niamh Shaw. Our president Prof. Bernard Foing chaired some technical sessions, the Lunar session first of all.

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Posted by Adriano in Blog, News, Newsletters
15
Sep
2022
SRI NEWS – SPACE RENAISSANCE AT IAC 73 IN PARIS

SRI NEWS – SPACE RENAISSANCE AT IAC 73 IN PARIS

Space Renaissance International is participating to the 73rd International Astronautical Congress 2022, in Paris, from Sunday 18 to Thursday 22 of September.The IAC 2022 theme is Space for @ll to reach beyond the space community and bringing together all communities to offer great opportunities for networking and forging new contacts and potential partnerships.SRI decided to invest in a booth at the exhibition center, together with our partners LUNEX EMM, MMAARS, ORIGIN, ITACCUS. Our place is D11B.

SRI is now a proud member of IAF, with which we are increasing collaboration in several committees.

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Posted by Adriano in Blog, Events, News, Newsletters, SRI Announcements
24
Aug
2022
ARTEMIS I launch and pre-launch comments, by Space Renaissance and EuroMoonMars

ARTEMIS I launch and pre-launch comments, by Space Renaissance and EuroMoonMars

Monday August 29th , at 8:33 US EDT (12:33 UTC) an historical mission will launch from Kennedy Space Center.
ARTEMIS I is expected to reach the Moon orbit, to release some payloads and return to Earth.
Space Renaissance will follow the launch with two live events.
During the first livestream – the 28 August, in collaboration with EuroMoonMars – we will give some information about the main goals of the Artemis and SLS programs, and what Artemis 1 will actually bring to the Moon.
We will also briefly discuss what Artemis 1 represents, in this critical period of transition from traditional aerospace to the new space paradigm.
The panel, starting 12:00 UTC, includes:

  • Serena Crotti – Moderator
  • Bernard Foing – Artemis program overview
  • Cole Armagost – Artemis 1 Payloads and goals
  • Kete Rok – Space Launch System (SLS), launch and mission profile
  • Adriano V. Autino – What does Artemis mean for Civilian Space Development?
  • Gautam Kiran – What does Artemis mean for young explorers?

Other guests will take part to the discussion.

Here’s the link to follow the livestream on the Space Renaissance YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/UOtDB7l8kKY

The second livestream, 29 August, will follow and comment the launch live:
https://youtu.be/YVBiJbR3VaU

Posted by Adriano in Blog, Events, Newsletters