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Geoethics of 100YSSContribution 157
2nd 100YSS Symposium, Houston TX
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.United Therapeutics 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
Likely to Risk Harm to Others?
Terms of Consent Obtained & Enforced?
NO ✔
Y
NO
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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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Magnetic Sail
GIB = Launch w/in 100 Years; Spacesteading Goal;Travel completed w/in Adult Lifetime (50ish Years)
Constant Acceleration & Deceleration, e.g., 0.1g, 0.2g
Up to 20 ly radiusOver 100 star systems
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Magnetic Deflector
Geoethics Satisfied for Passengers and Their Descendants by Virtue of Informed Consent
> Trustee Arrangements to Enforce Terms of Consent, e.g., Assured Funding for Continued Software Updates and Relevant Knowledge
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Geoethical Obligations to Non-Terrans a Function of Discernable Values
As no discernable non-terrans exist, much less their values, there is no geoethical analysis to carry out with respect to non-terrans
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Discovery of Gerard K. O’NeillWhat is the optimal location for the industry associated with a population 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 practical if that biosphere is a large structure in outer space.
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Quantitative Geoethics = Is Ph > 10-6 ∧ Is h > .05*Value? If Y, 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 Regulations Due To the Geoethical Process on Earth
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FEAR OF IDEATIONAL POLLUTION LED
ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND TO BAN DIVERSE
RELIGIONS
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THE HIGH FRONTIER IS THE NEW WORLD FOR RISKY TECHNOLOGY
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Society for the Advancement of Geothical Activities in Nature (SAGAN)
• Accelerates the Space-Based Infrastructure Needed for the 100YSS Project
• Increases the Critical Mass of Persons Who Believe in Space As Our Future: “Technology Wants to Be Free”
• Is Essential Building Block Toward Becoming an Interstellar Culture
• Why Go to Space? Many Things Are Too Dangerous to Manufacture (or Do) on Earth