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
Abstract Homo Sapiens is doing very well, here on the planet we call Earth, but the Sapients also notice that there are limits to growth. As Adriano Autino wrote in his "SRI Open Forum" statement of 17 November 2022, the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals could and should be extended with an 18th one: kick-off 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
Abstract In 2013 Jerry Stone set up The SPACE Project - (Study Project Advancing Colony Engineering) - at the British Interplanetary Society, to update the concept from the 1970s of a 10,000-person space habitat at the EarthMoon L5 location. Jerry started the project not by setting goals or saying what topics they should cover, but Read More
Space economy, leader dell’economia globale Sala della Cultura, Provincia di Catanzaro, 27 Febbraio 2023 New Space Economy: storia, attualità e prospettive Incontro con gli studenti delle superiori, h 10:00 10:00 – Natale Viscomi - introduzione 10:15 – Adriano V. Autino (Fondatore ed ex-presidente, Space Renaissance International) - News Space Economy: storia, attualità e prospettive 11:00 Read More
Space economy, leader dell’economia globale Sala della Cultura, Provincia di Catanzaro, 27 Febbraio 2023 Vita e salute fuori dall'atmosfera terrestre Incontro con la medicina, h 14:30 14:30 - Natale Viscomi - introduzione 14:45 - Adriano V. Autino – Breve introduzione su: le minacce dell’ambiente spaziale alla vita ed alla salute, nella prospettiva dell’espansione civile nello Read More
Abstract Potentially half of the world’s coming contributions toward a human presence on Mars could lie in the hands of women. They will surely help us get there - but – in order to get the full picture of how we got to this point, and to encourage future contributions, we should make clearly known Read More
Abstract An astronomical publication reads much more pleasantly with some pictures. A picture of Jupiter or the Andromeda Galaxy for example. But what about subjects of which there are no pictures? Think of an exoplanet or an interstellar comet, or a phenomenon discovered by radio telescope. Then 'artist impressions' bring salvation. An essential bio Daniëlle Read More
Abstract The new space economy is booming at increasing pace, since the first years of 21st Century. The sector moved first steps, from 1997 to 2004, when about 20 companies competed to win the X-Prize. The $10 million Ansari XPRIZE was conceived and funded by the philanthropists Peter Diamandis and Gregg Maryniak, with the purpose Read More
Abstract Psychology is a science that studies the human mind and its functions, primarily those that affect human behaviour. Psychology promotes productive and effective communication, avoids unnecessary conflicts and regulates our mood, motivation, resilience and self-esteem. Psychology explores the concepts of perception, attention, emotion, motivation, brain functioning, intelligence, thinking, personal relationships, consciousness and unconsciousness. The Read More