Bringing it all back HOME - a new approach to space advocacy

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An official awareness campaign of the US space community, called Mission Harvesting Opportunities for Mother Earth (HOME), aims at increasing the general public's support for the country's space programs. The US Space Foundation and the National Space Society have come together to form a Space Awareness Working Group. The relevance aspects of Mission HOME include media-assisted propaganda to convince people of the benefits of space programs. The romance section aims to capture public interest through entertainment programs, using the latest technologies available.

Planning, Science and technology policy, Astronautics and state, Space policy, Public participation, National Space Society, United States Space Foundation

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Space visions from a new generation

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The International Space University's 1995 Summer Session revealed differences in generational outlook toward future space research. Faculty who had lived most of their lives before and during the Cold War favored space exploration and colonization. However, students were more in favor of using space research for improving the quality of life on earth. A sponsored project named Vision 2020, involving presentations by students from sixteen countries on space research, revealed this shift in thinking from big-budget policy goals to more humanistic goals.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Forecasts and trends, Space sciences, International Space University

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Space and the fate of humanity

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Space technology can contribute positively to the management of the Planet Earth by providing services to the humanity. A power station on the Moon can enable tapping of the solar energy and mining of asteroids. In addition to the costs of the space programmes, the global economies are already facing recession problems. The development of Moon as a space base can curtail the repeated cost of escaping the Earth's gravity to go into space. Moreover, a lunar base has the potential of further exploration of the solar system.

Research, Evaluation, Services, Space technology, Gravity, Gravity (Force), Extraterrestrial bases

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