Space Technology Transfer – Blog update

Made for Space, Made for All

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The recent flights in space by the billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have opened up a broader argument about the value of space exploration. Questions like “why are we spending so much money to go to space while we have so many problems to fix on Earth?” or “Is space worth exploring? Should we venture out into the cosmic vastness or put the resources to use elsewhere?” have been raised by the general public more and more.
The blog Becoming Spacepolitans is about the value of space for the entire humanity, trying to answer all those questions. In particular, the new updated page Space Technology Transfer aims to highlight additional indirect benefits that space exploration and exploitation are currently providing for our every day life. The page is now also in Italian (Trasferimento Tecnologico Spaziale), so that you can choose your favourite language!

Once again, let’s shout the Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

Space Tourism… For All? – Blog Update

How space activities could benefit all… in different ways!

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This blog contains many pages describing how space activities are providing benefits to the world, like Space For Earth or Space Technology Transfer pages. Looking carefully into them, you will not find a special mention for space tourism, currently a topical media item, thanks to the suborbital flights of Richard Branson (see Travel to Space for more details) and Jeff Bezos.
Does this mean that space tourism is just a whim of wealthy people? Not really, even if the appearance may lead to think so. First, we need to consider what happened around a century ago on two terrestrial activities, aviation and motoring. At the very beginning, flying on a plane or riding in a car was indeed something that only the rich could afford. They generated many deaths by accident; they contributed a lot to planet pollution directly and indirectly. Nevertheless, they enabled to achieve all the scientific and technology advancements of the last century! They are so deeply integrated in our lifestyle that it is impossible to imagine a world without them at the same level of well-being.

We can extend this concept to space tourism. The possibilities that the private development of space capabilities could enable are incredible, even unforeseeable.
An immediate benefit? Schools and universities can now send scientific experiments to space at a very low price respect to other means, allowing students and researchers to run more and more studies in micro-gravity.
Another one? The number of people experiencing the Overview Effect will increase exponentially, leading to a tremendous positive shift in the awareness of our planet and humanity.
Not enough? To be more practical, there is another advantage that the new space tourism could make available to the whole world. You can find it in the updated Outer Space Tax page, now also translated into Italian (Tasse Nello Spazio)! Have a look and let me know what you think!

Then, let’s shout the touristic Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

Mysteries on Mars – Blog Update

Is it possible to fly on Mars? Let’s see…

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The helicopter Ingenuity flew on Mars for ten times! It is incredible, isn’t it? Knowing if flight was possible in its thin atmosphere was a mystery, now solved. And there are much more, both solved and to be solved!

Are you curious? Do you want to know more? In the newly updated blog section Mysteries on Mars you can find some history, intriguing questions, the current discovery missions and future developments regarding the red planet. The section is now also in Italian, Misteri Marziani, you can now choose your favourite language.

Then let’s shout the planetary Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

The new space tourism begins – Blog Update

Probably the most amazing trip for a human is going to space

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Today, 11th of July 2021, Virgin Galactic set the beginning of the new space tourism, thanks to the successful launch of its VSS Unity with a full crew on board, included the first space tourist, its founder Sir Richard Branson.
This is a tremendously important milestone for the new space era, opening up space for all common people!

Curious to know more? In the Becoming Spacepolitans blog section Travel to Space, you can find some history and updates about Virgin Galactic, this historical event included, and much more!

We are becoming more and more Spacepolitans with each passing day, and so let’s shout the Spacepolitans’ motto: Space For All, All For Space!

Asteroid Day 2021 – Blog Update

Celebrating Asteroid Day? Yes, of course!

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Asteroid Day was officially established by the UN at the end of 2016, and since then it is celebrated on the 30th of June, the anniversary of an historical cosmic event. It was 1908, an icy asteroid exploded over the Siberian forest of Tunguska, flattening thousands of trees, killing a huge number of reindeers and blowing windows hundreds of miles away.
So, why are we celebrating such a devastating happening? Simple! To raise the awareness around asteroids, our bitter sweet space rocks!

Are you curious? Do you want to know more? In the newly updated blog section Asteroids: Cross And Delight you can find information, some history, current discovery missions and future developments regarding the threatening celestial nuggets. The section is now also in Italian, Asteroidi: Croce e Delizia, you can now choose your favourite language.

Then let’s shout the rocky Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

Spacepolitans Playlist & About – Blog Update

Music for the stars or music from the stars?

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The Spacepolitans Playlist is the ideal soundtrack for space readings. Every song is the listening suggestion of a post or of a page published in Becoming Spacepolitans blog.
It has just been updated with last entries and its page itself translated into Italian.

Also the About section has received a little make-up in the text and, above all, it is now available in Italian, bringing the translated part to over half of the content.

Have a look at updates and translations and shout the Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

A Moon of Opportunities – Blog Update

The Moon for all, all for the Moon!

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We were there 50 years ago. We made six manned visits on its surface and then we stopped. Why?
It has been mainly a matter of opportunities!
And why in the recent years the interest around the Moon increased significantly?
Again, opportunities! Recent scientific researches have demonstrated that our rocky neighbor can unlock many resources to nurture the newly born space economy.

In the newly updated blog section A Moon of Opportunities, now also in Italian, you can find some history, a look at present developments and some taste of future… opportunities.

Have a look and shout the Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

Humans in Space – Blog Update

We travel to space… to stay!

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Going into space is not enough to take advantage of all the possibilities that the space environment could unleash, you have to learn to stay up there. And indeed we are doing it! The first space outpost, the Russian Salyut-1, was launched into Low Earth Orbit fifty years ago, just ten years after the Yuri Gagarin’s first flight.

Since then, many “space stations” orbited the Earth, and humans have now lived in space continuously for more than twenty years. And many space habitat projects are just awaiting to be done in the near future!

In the newly updated blog section Humans in Space, now also in Italian, you can find some history, a look at present developments and some taste of future possibilities.

Have a look and shout the Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

Travel to Space – Blog Update

Probably the most amazing trip for a human

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If we want to exploit all the possibilities that the space environment could unleash, we need to get there. The good news is that we are currently able to do it: some week ago we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight by the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin.

So, what happened during all these 60 years? How did astronauts reach space? How are they doing it today and how will they do it in the future?

I tried to summarize the answers to all these questions in the blog section Travel to Space, now also in Italian and just updated with the fresh new flight of Virgin Galactic VSS Unity!

Have a look and shout the Spacepolitans motto: Space For All, All For Space!

The Overview Effect – Blog Update

Probably the most enlightening human experience

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Space is a great vantage point to observe our planet and provide services that are supporting and improving our lives and the health of the environment, as already shared in the updated pages Space for Earth and Observing the Earth from Space.

However, there is another aspect linked to this vision, something less technical and more psychological. It is something that the view of the Earth in space is changing in every person, a cognitive shift of the perception of the planet and of the self, the so called Overview Effect.
In this blog there is already a page dedicated to it, which has just been updated with new important initiatives and has been translated into Italian, as part of the blog localization project.

So now it’s up to you: do you want to review the updated English version or the new Italian one? In both cases, have an enlightening reading!

Space For All, All For Space!