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Thanks Scotland! Good Luck ISP!

4/7/2014

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If you’re from the United States, Happy Fourth of July! Most of us had the day off, but I was in the office working on some stuff with folks in Europe. I’m leaving in a few minutes to watch fireworks, eat hotdogs, and drink beer! This is one of my favorite holidays. ;-) 

Monday: I woke up at 5:30 for a 6am meeting with folks in Scotland. We’re working with Professor Anderson at the Glasgow Caledonian University’s Engineering Department to develop a video for the Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure. This involves half-a-dozen students, as well as my technical team. It was a somewhat crowded conversation with five LiftPort people contributing. This was the first conversation with these folks, but they are already off to a great start! 

The video will be used in two museum exhibits, four technical conferences (these four are already scheduled, it’s certain that there will be more in the future), and for three documentaries: Discovery Channel, NHK in Japan, and an independent team from New York. So we’ll be working extra hard to ensure that this video has as much technical accuracy as we can cram into it. 

Tuesday: I took the day off after working through the weekend. 

Wednesday: I helped the Space Frontier Foundation and the folks working on the Integrated Space Plan.  I’m the Chair of the new SFF Membership Committee. In all the years that the SFF has existed, they’ve never had a formalized membership program. That’s changing. The details will be released at their annual conference in a few weeks. I’m also friends with the ISP people. So I did what I could to push them both together. 

I think this is important. The ISP is a 25 year old document that was created during the Cold War between the US and the USSR. Despite its origins, it was a document of hope, vision and tenacity. It was – and will be again – a roadmap of how humanity will reach for, and attain, the stars. The original ignored political boundaries’, and focused on the technology needed to move humans – long-term – to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. It was crafted just a few months prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and only 18 months before Kuwait was invaded. These two events obviously sidelined the motivated plans of both the Soviets and the Americans. 

So here we are, 25 years later, and it’s time to reboot the spirit of this document. The new ISP will be an online tool (and a glorious 7x4ft color poster – that’s what I pledged for!). I hope that the new plan becomes a rallying point for all the different goals for getting to space. It will evaluate the ~50 national programs (today, NASA is accompanied – or led by – many other national efforts). This new plan will also try to incorporate the ~100 commercial efforts, and about 15 programs led by various non-profits and academic teams. This is both audacious and ambitious. 

For those of you that are unimpressed with how I’ve handled my own Kickstarter campaign, I want to assure you that I have nothing-what-so-ever to do with fulfillment. I’m simply a fan, and a contributor, and I gave both teams pro/con advice from my own good/bad Kickstarter experience. And for those wondering why this relates to the Lunar Elevator – our system is an element (one of many) that is incorporated into the settlement of the Moon, Mars, and an eventual Elevator here on Earth. We’ll be presenting the technical roadmap at the big conference in Toronto this September. 

Thursday: Mostly this was an administration day, filled with email phone calls, and general operations. And of course, I posted a KS Update late in the day. The most fun of the day was reviewing the (very) rough draft from Scotland. Yes, I know there are errors, and, yes, I know it’s much too fast. But here’s the beginning. Let me know what you think – I’ll pass constructive criticism along to the team. 

Friday: Another admin day. Only worked 6 hours. At the end, I posted this update. I’m now off to be with my friends for the holiday. 

Take care, mjl

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  • About
    • Press
  • EVENTS
    • Dec 7-9 - Blue Marble Week
    • Oct 15-16 – Space Education and Strategic Applications Conference
    • Sept 19 – Adam Crigler IRL Video Show: Space Elevators, Energy, & Space Force
    • Sept 23 – Adam Crigler IRL Video Show: Space Commercialization, China, & Space Force
    • Sep 26 - Better Futures: The Future of Space
    • Sept 26 – Adam Crigler IRL Video Show: “The Future of Space” Afterparty
  • Projects
    • The Earth Elevator
    • Lunar Elevator
    • LiftPort Museum >
      • Art and Images
    • Tethered Towers
  • Store
  • YouTube
    • LiftPort Videos >
      • A Busy Moon! - ESA Chart Explained
    • Space Policy >
      • Better Futures Event
      • To the Moon to stay
      • Extending Humans to Mars
      • Commercialization of LEO
      • Ambitious Strategy - Part 3
      • Ambitious Strategy - Part 2
      • Ambitious Strategy - Part 1
      • A New Vision - Part 4
      • A New Vision - Part 3
      • A New Vision - Part 2
      • A New Vision - Part 1
      • Background & Easter Eggs - Part 3
      • Introduction - National Space Council Policy
      • A New Era: The New White House Space Policy
  • Technical Advisory Council
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  • Get Involved
    • FAQ
    • Contact
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