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Geoethics of 100YSS Contribu4on 157
2nd 100YSS Symposium, Houston TX
Mar4ne RothblaD, Ph.D. United Therapeu4cs Corp.
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We All Live in Space, But Living “Transterran” Is A Kind of Freedom
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Principles of Consent & Compliance: Space Is the Value of Freedom of Risk
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Likely to Risk Harm to Others?
Terms of Consent Obtained & Enforced?
NO ✔
Y
NO
Geoethical Analysis Depends Upon Specifics of Interstellar Mission
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Geoethics of Unmanned Mission Very Different from Spacesteading Mission
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Because of Mission Diversity, I Defined a Geoethical Interstellar Baseline (GIB) Mission
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Magne4c Sail
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GIB = Launch w/in 100 Years; Spacesteading Goal; Travel completed w/in Adult LifeDme (50ish Years)
è Constant AcceleraDon & DeceleraDon, e.g., 0.1g, 0.2g
è Up to 20 ly radius è Over 100 star systems
Magne4c Deflector
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Ø Geoethics Sa3sfied for Passengers and Their Descendants by Virtue of Informed Consent
> Trustee Arrangements to Enforce Terms of Consent, e.g., Assured Funding for Con3nued SoGware Updates and Relevant Knowledge
Geoethical Obliga4ons to Non-‐Terrans a Func4on of Discernable Values
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As no discernable non-‐terrans exist, much less their values, there is no geoethical analysis to carry out with respect to non-‐terrans
Discovery of Gerard K. O’Neill What is the opDmal locaDon for the industry associated with a populaDon that is rapidly growing in number and/or quality of life?
It is not the inward surface of a biosphere, such as the surface of the earth.
It is the outward surface of a biosphere, which is only pracDcal if that biosphere is a large structure in outer space.
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Quan4ta4ve Geoethics = Is Ph > 10-‐6 ∧ Is h > .05*Value? If Y, è CONSENT
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It is Much Easier for Technology to Be Geoethical In Space Than on Earth
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The Gulliver of Technology is Tied Down by Countless Regula3ons Due To the Geoethical Process on Earth
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FEAR OF IDEATIONAL POLLTION LED
ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND TO BAN DIVERSE
RELIGIONS
THE HIGH FRONTIER IS THE NEW WORLD FOR RISKY TECHNOLOGY
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Society for the Advancement of Geothical Ac4vi4es in Nature (SAGAN) • Accelerates the Space-‐Based Infrastructure Needed for the 100YSS Project
• Increases the Cri4cal Mass of Persons Who Believe in Space As Our Future: “Technology Wants to Be Free”
• Is Essen4al Building Block Toward Becoming an Interstellar Culture
• Why Go to Space? Many Things Are Too Dangerous to Manufacture (or Do) on Earth
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