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  Risk vs Reward: The Challenges of Space (Hint: Space is Hard) Contents Our History Of Risk The Price Of Living Risk vs Reward Fear & Ignorance Conquering Our Aversion __ Great achievements do and will take risks. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, as the classic saying goes. You miss a hundred percent of the shots you don’t take; another way of putting it.  (Thanks to hockey great, Wayne Gretzky, for that last.) There are many others. Point is, the right risk is good. The right risk is vital. Our History Of Risk Risk has defined human advancement for millennia. Thank the gods our cavemen ancestors didn’t wait until there was a cure for saber-tooth tigers before they left the cave. They took that risk. They probably had a 60% chance of stayin’ alive through any given day (yes, we did just use the title of a Bee Gees song), yet they went out and lived . They explored. They figured out the world around them. Peril was simply part of the process. Because of that we’re here to...

  Space Vacations? Contents Where We At Early Adopters The Next Wave Of Pioneers Pushing The Envelope (Literally?) What It Look Like? The New Space Culture Making It Happen __ What about space vacations? Space for the rest of us? That’s the goal, right? A life in space? At least for those who want it. Where We At Progress is already underway. Like most new things, early forays into space have been, and will be, expensive and, therefore (mostly, so far), undertaken by the very rich. But it’s happening. Has been happening. Initiated by the adventurous among us willing to forgo that extra Bugatti or a few Dior purses for a rocket ticket. That said, even at this early stage there have been exceptions; people who got selected to go to space though they were not Scrooge McDuck. In those cases someone else footed the bill. And it’s vital that they did. And do. It’s important that these people of means jump in and spend big money so that, eventually, space is doable for everyone. As an exa...

  Space: A World Of Fans Contents Energize Imagine This … Thinking Extraplanetary Getting There Space: The Great Unifier Our Advice __ When there’s interest in a thing, that thing tends to gain steam. The NFL is huge because lots of people love watching football. What if lots of people loved hearing about what was happening in the world of space? Energize To help achieve that we can energize interest, creating a world of space fans. Like sports fans, these would be people who pay attention to and drive demand for their chosen space interest. It might be rocket launches, it might be lunar exploration, deep space probes, satellite arrays or anything else extraplanetary. Fans come in all shapes and sizes. Until now most discussions of the topics of space have been too clinical, as if it were a rarified domain. Space is a rarified domain, but at this stage in our history nearly everyone will have some sort of interest in knowing more. Imagine This … How about a quick orientation? If y...