The Space Option ...
Space visionaries and pioneers long ago quietly and consequently developed both the scientific rationale and the technological concepts to open the space frontier. Upon these works is the development of a concept called The Space Option and, because this option offers humanity the most "optimistic" pathway to sustainability and prosperity, it is a choice humanity will most likely make in order to maintain its well-being and insure its ultimate survival.
The Space Option is about humanity making the right choice at the right time.
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Our Cosmic Choice ...
If one believes that other technological civilizations have appeared throughout the Cosmos, then they, too, must have faced a similar choice that confronts humanity at this particular moment. Did they use their technology and knowledge to extend their civilization beyond their home planet in order to perpetuate their species, or did they misuse it and let their civilization and their future be destroyed?
Our Cosmic choice is about choosing between a stone age or a space age.
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The Space Option: An Alternative to War
The Space Option: An Alternative to War Arthur R. Woods Here on Earth, human civilization has reached such a point in its development where it has evolved the means to leave its home planet and to begin operating in …
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Space Energy Options for Addressing the Energy Dilemma and the Climate Emergency
Arthur R. Woods (*) and Marco C. Bernasconi (**) Keywords: The Space Option, Energy Dilemma, Climate Emergency, Space Energy Options, Space-Based Solar Power, Lunar Solar Power, Helium-3 Abstract Humanity is facing an imminent Energy Dilemma in that the limited proven reserves of …
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The Greater Earth System
The Greater Earth System Arthur Woods (*) “If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, he would have given man a Moon.” Krafft A. Ehricke, 1984 [1] This article introduces the concept that Greater Earth is not only a region defined …
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GEEO – Greater Earth Energy Organization
GEEO – Greater Earth Energy Organization A Space Solution to a Terrestrial Problem Arthur R. Woods (*) Introduction Humanity is at a crossroads: it must decide if it prefers to live and prosper in an energy rich world or …
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Space Solutions to Terrestrial Problems
Most people intuitively assume and fundamentally believe that terrestrial problems must have terrestrial solutions. This is likely due to a lack of understanding about our interconnectedness and interdependence with the rest of the cosmos. As a terrestrially evolved organism, it …
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Space Peace Star
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The Moon
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Cosmic Stones
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EarthSeeds
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Greater Earth
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Space Option Star
The Space Option Star will utilize an inflatable laminated membrane technology incorporating a thin-film photovoltaic outer surface.