Commentary
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How To Define What is a Disability in Zero-G
Read more: How To Define What is a Disability in Zero-GIf you are no longer on Earth, what is a disability? Because you’re weightless, you no longer need those appendages, any more than a dolphin does.
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Is It “Space” or “space?”
Read more: Is It “Space” or “space?”By Frank White As SpaceX, Virgin, and Blue Origin begin to offer spaceflights to people who are not trained astronauts, the question has arisen as to where space begins and who is really an astronaut? NASA set the boundary of space at 50 miles (80 km) above the surface of the Earth. This definition allowed…
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Space Community Number Five
Read more: Space Community Number FiveEarth is humanity’s first space community. What is, or will be, the next space community?
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A Seat at the Table
Read more: A Seat at the TableAs a member of the Oneida Nation, part of the Iroquois Confederacy, Hawk knows all too well what a colonial mindset can bring forth, because his ancestors experienced it firsthand. He fervently hopes that Indigenous involvement in the space industry will mitigate the harm that would be done by an exploitative approach to the solar…
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If We Stay Home
Read more: If We Stay HomeWe don’t often think of ourselves, of humanity, as a species, but that is what we are, the product of billions of years of evolution on a small planet at the edge of a galaxy in an immense universe. As a species, we face a decision, one that has been long in coming, but now…
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The Future Has Arrived
Read more: The Future Has ArrivedRecently, Rhonda Stevenson, President and CEO of Orbital Assembly Corporation, suggested that I talk with Andre Bormanis and Dan Hawk as part of this blogging series. What a delightful conversation it was! Andre is a member of OAC’s Board of Advisors and is a science consultant for the Star Trek inspired show, The Orville. Dan…
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Doing the Right Things for the Right Reasons
Read more: Doing the Right Things for the Right ReasonsRecently, Rhonda Stevenson, President and CEO of Orbital Assembly Corporation, suggested that I talk with Andre Bormanis and Dan Hawk as part of this blogging series. What a delightful conversation it was! Andre is a member of OAC’s Board of Advisors and is a science consultant for the Star Trek inspired show, The Orville. Dan…
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We Choose to Go to the Moon…
Read more: We Choose to Go to the Moon…If the Artemis mission eventually succeeds, it will be another milestone in humanity’s evolution into the cosmos. It could also mark the beginning of a movement from mission to migration, and a recognition that space exploration above all else benefits the Earth.
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Space on Earth, Earth in Space
Read more: Space on Earth, Earth in SpaceThe context is not “Earth versus Space,” but “Earth in space.” We are creating safe harbors for the future ‘star sailors’ of this ‘new ocean’ of space.
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Why Space?
Read more: Why Space?Frank White, author of the Overview Effect, and OAC advisory board member asks, “Why Space?”
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