- Space advocacy
Space advocacy can be described as the general position supporting, pleading or arguing for [Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.] the idea or cause of space exploration and settlements. It is a form of
advocacy that specifically includes support for private space initiatives and is also apolitical position that favors the exploration, utilization, and colonization ofouter space .There are many different individuals and
organization s dedicated to space advocacy. They are usually active in educating the public [ [http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/ The Solar System Ambassadors Program ] ] on space related subjects, lobbying governments [http://chapters.marssociety.org/usa/dc/pdfSRC/MarsSociTest2003.pdf] [ [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-28-2007/0004617647&EDATE= Technical Societies Call for Increase to NASA Budget ] ] for increased funding in space-related activities or supporting private space activities [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Tourism_Society] . They also recruit members, fund projects, and provide information for their membership and interested visitors. They are sub-divided into three categories depending on their primary work: practice, advocacy, and theory.Advocacy
Organizations that focus mainly on space advocacy, education, and lobbying activities.
*TheSETI Institute [http://www.seti.org/]
*TheThe Planetary Society [http://www.planetary.org/]
*TheNational Space Society (formed from a merger of theNational Space Institute , founded byWernher von Braun , and theL5 Society , founded byGerard O'Neill ) is an organization with the vision of "people living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth." [http://www.nss.org/]
*TheSpace Frontier Foundation promotes strongfree market , capitalist views about space development. [http://www.space-frontier.org/]
*TheBritish Interplanetary Society , founded in1933 and once led byArthur C. Clarke , is the world's longest established space society. [http://www.bis-spaceflight.com/]
*Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is a student organization founded in1980 at MIT and Princeton. [http://www.seds.org/]
* TheCanadian Space Society was founded in 1983; in addition to carrying on its own space-advocacy activities, it acts as an umbrella organization for various other Canadian pro-space groups. [http://www.css.ca]
*Mars Society was founded byRobert Zubrin to forward humanity in exploring and colonizing Mars. [http://www.marssociety.org]
*Marsdrive [http://www.marsdrive.com] is a small group dedicated toward further promotion and development of ideas relating to aManned mission to Mars . It differs slightly in that it advocates the 'if we want to go - then we have to pay' approach.
*The Mars Foundation through its Mars Homestead™ Project, is developing a unified plan for building the first habitat on Mars by exploiting local materials. [http://www.marshome.org]Theory
Focus on advocating a theory for space exploration or colonization.
*TheAlliance to Rescue Civilization plans to establishbackup s of human civilization on the Moon and other locations away from Earth. [http://www.arc-space.org/]
*TheArtemis Project plans to set up a private lunar surface station. [http://www.asi.org/]
*TheLiving Universe Foundation has a detailed plan in which the entire galaxy is colonized. [http://www.luf.org/]
*Red Colony strives to collect and develop theories inMars colonization andterraformation via contributions and debate from the general public. [http://www.redcolony.com/]History
Historiansweasel word agree that space flight and especially manned space flight was not inevitable, but rather that society was convinced of the need for it by a few revolutionaries. These “revolutionaries” were primarily members of the Russian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky] [ [http://www.astronautix.com/astros/korolev.htm Korolev ] ] , American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard] , British [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Interplanetary_Society] , and German [ [http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/bio.html Biography of Wernher Von Braun ] ] [ [http://www.astronautix.com/lvfam/gerketry.htm German Civilian Rocketry ] ] science communities and starting in the 1930s began to share their individual plans for a future in space to their respective governments and the public [ [http://www.hobbyspace.com/Active/history.html#Burrows HobbySpace - Space Activism - History ] ] .
Influential books and other media began to emerge which included works containing illustrations by
Chesley Bonestell (based onWernher von Braun 's designs) such as The Conquest of Space (1949 )and magazine articles including the "Man Will Conquer Space Soon! " series of article in Colliers magazine between1952 and1954 . Television shows includedWalt Disney 's Man in Space and Man and the Moon in1955 , and Mars and Beyond in1957 .References
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