ABSTRACT Can we expect that other intelligence in the cosmos will have music? Vision, hearing and even smell are all examples of what’s called “convergent evolution” – which is to say that because these senses are useful for survival, they have arisen in many species. But what about music? While dogs sing and birds whistle, Read More
A special invitation to the last event of 2021, December 20th: the Goodbye 2021! Special meeting with our president Prof. Bernard Foing! We'll have a review of what we made in 2021, and a look to the program of 2022. It will be a very special event, where we hope we can celebrate the achievement of Read More
Samuel Coniglio, Founder of the Space Tourism Society, gives a lecture about the relevance of Space Tourism as the cutting edge industrial sector, highly committed to develop technologies to transport and accomodate untrained civilians in space. A fundamental discussion, to refute the common misinterpretation of ST just as a very expensive toy for rich people. Read More
Thomas Ahrendt is a German scientific writer. He authored two books discussing space travel, why humanity needs it and our future in space beyond Earth, and another book on the subject of transhumanism. The lecture will be held in German language, with translation in English language. Click 'going' on the Facebook event Follow the Youtube Read More
Dr. Michael Waltemathe is senior lecturer in the Department of Protestant Theology at Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany.Michael is also the Co-Principal Investigator for Interstellar Exploration and Society at the Interdisciplinary Center for Interstellar Exploration at the University of California at Santa Barbara.He serves as an officer of the Astrosociology Research Institute and is a founding Read More
The Moon Gallery will meet the final frontier of human habitation, as it travels to the International Space Station for its 10-month-long mission. The Moon Gallery is an international, collaborative art installation housing the seeds of a future, shared interplanetary culture. In collaboration with Nanoracks , powered by Voyager Space , the test payload of Read More
There are a number of global space-related issues where greater international collaboration is needed. Greater public awareness is required regarding potential threats from asteroids and comets, as well as catastrophic solar storms. ACES Worldwide seeks to collaborate with a wide range of space-related organizations, as well as with the United Nations of Office of Outer Read More
In the field of astronomy research, women have made some of the greatest contributions, even when access to the discipline was restricted. For example, a century ago women were enlisted to organize the data collected by new telescopes. It was these women, who were often condemned to only the most repetitive and boring work, who Read More
The transterrestrialist view of the world owns ancient roots, and is very much important today, while big crises are threatening civilization. Dr. Heuser gives a lecture on transterretrialist philosophy through history, and the relevance of a sane negentropic philosophic approach, to sustain humankind evolution into a Solar System civilization, defeating crises and regressive factors. In Read More
If you think artists are useless, try to spend a quarantine period without music, books, poems, movies, paintings and games. The corona virus has changed our organizational structures worldwide. That also has positive aspects. New technologies have received a boost out of the need to maintain communication structures. This can also be an opportunity. Digitization Read More
Perhaps the biggest impact space settlement technology will have on the Earth’s multiple environmental crises is in agriculture. Space habitats will have limited space to produce the food and will need to advance the technology for food production to achieve agriculture self-sufficiency. Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is the next step in securing the human food Read More
Prof. Johann-Dietrich Wörner -- former Director Generale of European Space Agency, will give a lecture on his vision for civilian space development. Some of the topics he will discuss: 100% reusable launch vehicles -- reducing cost to orbit -- are the 1st milestone in the agenda of Civilian Space Development. Will them be really available Read More