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NSS Kickstarter: "Our Future in Space" Promotional Video

The National Space Society (NSS) has just launched a Kickstarter for the creation of a cutting-edge film about the ways in which all of humanity benefits from the expansion of space exploration and development. This ground-breaking education initiative, entitled “Our Future in Space” is designed to bring NSS’s vision of human beings living and working in space to a broader audience.

The campaign can be accessed via their Kickstarter web page. It provides an opportunity to help fund and support the film’s development and promote the Society’s mission.

Deep Space Industries "Our Future is Amazing" (Promotional Animations by Bryan Versteeg)

“Deep Space is a new kind of company with a new kind of plan.”
“We don’t build rockets, we don’t do astronomy, we are explorers, harvesters, makers, and suppliers.”
“As they say, timing is everything, and for space, right now is that time.”
“In fact, some of the planet’s most successful people are placing their bets on this new frontier.”
“The resources in space will lead to…”
“…a renaissance.”
 “…both in space and back here on our precious Mother Earth.”
“We will be the gas station, the oasis, for air and water.”
“And the building supply center for the frontier.”
“The goal is a better future for all of us through space resources.”
“When the first asteroid is mined, Deep Space will be there.”
“When the first power plants come on line, Deep Space will be there.”
“When the first space colonies are built…”
“…Deep Space will be there.”
“We can have an amazing…”
“…future.”
“We are Deep Space.”
“The frontier is coming. And our time is now.”

“Right now the best way for everyone to get involved is to share our vision with others.
Surprisingly there are a lot of people out there who have lost touch with a fundamental human
condition…PROGRESS; a forward or onward movement: a royal journey marked by pomp and
pageant: gradual betterment; especially for the progressive development of humankind! All of
you are here today because you have NOT lost touch with this desire, and you leap at the
chance to express it! There are hundreds of articles in circulation right now about DSi and there
are many people out there who are unable or unwilling to understand the magnitude of what
we have just shared with the world. So our challenge to you is to take that spark and share it
with those who have lost theirs, be our voice and fight for our cause!

“You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold.
That is how important you are!”
Eckhart Tolle

Ignacio Torres: "Stellar"

“This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time.”

Similar to this famous composition “The Human Condition” by Duane Michals:

Unfair Characterization: NewSpace is Not ‘Billionaires Gone Wild’

Even negative critiques of SpaceX on Glassdoor – there are several – all describe Musk as working constantly, very, very hard long tough hours;  he took real risks with his own personal cash upfront to start SpaceX long before hiring a single lobbyist….he has also singularly changed momentum to Mars settlement on a grand scale, and, for initial missions advocates Mars to Stay….so this page celebrates his efforts, with wide tolerance for what could be perceived as “gilded” materialism by cheap snarks who have not had the opportunity to know what it is like to make such lifestyle choices in the first place. It’s impossible to determine what is in a person’s heart – sometimes even our own – but as a commentator to the Breitbart article wrote, “For SpaceX, all of Elon’s contracts were for services delivered. Not cost plus, and for a tiny fraction of what NASA HAD been paying for similar services. All of SpaceX’s contracts came in under budget. I can’t speak for Solar City and Tesla, but from a SpaceX standpoint this seems off base.

“Ultimately we don’t really want 10,000 people on Mars…
we want millions.” 
Elon Musk

Lissa Treiman "The Magical Space Adventures of Shaw and David"

From her blog Treimanized!…”The ending [of Prometheus] was one of the (although probably not the most) ridiculous things about the film. “Wants-to-be-Ripley-and-i-can’t-remember-her-first-name” Shaw takes off to travel the universe with the robot head that murdered her meat-head boyfriend. I say we give them their own show. So here is my proposed follow-up to ‘Prometheus’: ‘The Magical Space Adventures of Shaw and David'” I could draw these two forever. Seriously. Such an awful movie, so much fun to draw floating heads in space 🙂 “

Saturday Night Live: Men’s Full Body ASSA Deodorizer Spray Wants to Float You Up There

A perfect example of why the first (famous) persons going to Mars should stay there…lol.
“And now you too can become part of this privileged group, and experience everything that I have…”

“Yes a trip to space – actual space”

The great thing about the overview effect is it makes verifiable claims regarding real-world results humans experience after seeing
our tiny little planet from a distance. Eventually once enough specimens have had their personal face-time with Earth, we will obtain a
large enough data set for empirical verification: either there is an effect or there isn’t. Given the lowbrow sheer self-absorbed nuttiness
of those who have already been in space, don’t count on it. People must have said the same about early air flight: “There are no fences up
there – it reminds you of how small our concerns are when folks look like ants.” Shortly thereafter we began dropping grenades from
biplanes and having sex in Virgin Atlantic lavatories. Astronauts are like car drivers. Human beings. Enlightenment takes ideas
obtained through hard thinking, not zero g. Not car driving. That enlightened genius up there on a podium for some incomprehensible
reason saluting a microphone receives a substantial pension – split among three wives – from taxpayers. Thanks.

Whatever it takes to enable humanity to use the near-infinite energy and resources from space to raise living standards on Earth, while
expanding free independent human societies throughout the
universe…even Axe. Let’s go already.

This just couldn’t be better…

See also:
http://marsartists.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-hell-happened-to-our-space-program.html