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.

We distributed about 1000 copies of our brochure, sold many t-shirts and several copies of our books.There were also numerous opportunities for networking: industry breakfasts, cocktail events and soirees. Our team has been busy all week seeking for new potential partners, contacts and new members. Compared to previous IAC experiences, having a booth at the exhibition center has meant to have a constant meeting point, where we could invite friends, to give them our printed materials, and to discuss what we make and possible collaborations. The real challenge was to condense a large number of outcomes, initiatives, and collaborators into just 9 square meters! A bit like being in a spaceship: small volumes, coexistence in confined quarters, and lots of equipment needed to work “onboard”! Our booth was a vibrant and action-packed place throughout the entire week of IAC, September 18-22. It was not only a showplace for the partners involved, but also a real stage, which attracted visitors, students and space lovers towards itself.

Here’s a list of videos, recorded during our booth events and papers presentations:

Btw, if you missed our beautiful elegant t-shirt and our books in Paris, don’t worry! You can have them online! https://spacerenaissance.space/e-shop/

Don’t miss the Alberto Cavallo’s lecture on Astropolitics, in the frame of the Space Renaissance Academy Webinar Series, next Monday October 17, on the Space Renaissance YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/PzFkoR1z7Pk

Join our community, come on leading the Space Renaissance! Register as a valued SRI Member today: https://spacerenaissance.space/membership/international-membership-registration/

Adriano Autino

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