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America Needs a Space Corps

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in government, security, space | Leave a Comment on America Needs a Space Corps

03.03.
2017

American space power stagnated under U.S. Air Force stewardship a long time ago. [1] Congress observed this situation nearly 25 years ago, as the epigraphs above indicate. However, nothing substantive was done to fix the problem.

This article recommends the creation of a U.S. Space Corps in the Department of the Air Force as an initial step to set American space power on a path to reach its full potential.

Ultimately, America’s national security interests in space will best be served when Congress creates an independent Space Corps, just as it created independent services for land, sea and air, uniting them under the Department of Defense.

Our free interstellar magazine “Principium” N°16 is out now!

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in entertainment, robotics/AI, space | Leave a Comment on Our free interstellar magazine “Principium” N°16 is out now!

03.03.
2017

The cover features an AI interstellar probe, beautifully illustrated by concept artist Efflam Mercier. Here is the download link:

http://i4is.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Principium_16_Feb_2017.pdf

This issue covers the following topics:

An exclusive look at Jeff Bezos’s plan to set up Amazon-like delivery for ‘future human settlement’ of the moon

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in space, transportation | Leave a Comment on An exclusive look at Jeff Bezos’s plan to set up Amazon-like delivery for ‘future human settlement’ of the moon

03.03.
2017

In a paper prepared for NASA, Bezos says his Blue Origin space company could land a delivery vehicle on the moon by 2020.

NASA’s Solar Probe Plus spacecraft to fly to the sun

Posted by Dan Kummer in space | Leave a Comment on NASA’s Solar Probe Plus spacecraft to fly to the sun

03.01.
2017

NASA is gearing up for its first mission ever to fly this close to the blazing sun.

Is this how humans will look after 6,000 years on Mars?

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in space | Leave a Comment on Is this how humans will look after 6,000 years on Mars?

02.28.
2017

Mars colonists might evolve into a new type of human, experts say. Here’s what they might look like.

Space, environment, resources, jobs

Posted by Nicola Bagalà in employment, energy, space | Leave a Comment on Space, environment, resources, jobs

02.27.
2017

An answer to concerns about rejuvenation-induced overpopulation from a logistical point of view.

Why do we worry about overpopulation? What’s so bad about it? Well, several things. We could have too many people with respect to the space available on Earth; too many people and not enough jobs for everyone; too many people and not sufficient resources; too many people polluting the environment beyond what it can take.

All these potential problems need to be discussed. Thus, in this article I’m going to play accountant a little bit. You can read the whole article, or jump to the section that concerns you the most.