Space Generation Advisory Council

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Space Generation Advisory Council

• Space Generation
• Anyone born after Sputnik
• Born into a fundamentally different world
• UNISPACE III A council for youth
• Observer status at the United Nations Committee
  on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS)
• NGO in Vienna and the US
• 2500 members world wide
• Elected council with 6 Regional Coordinators
• Points of contacts in almost 100 countries
• Represent youth views to UN OOSA and other bodies
• Invited to participate in EU space policy process
• Promote space activities amongst the worlds youth

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Overview of the survey

• What key events do think should occur in the next
  50 years?
• Youth aged 18 29
• Tried to be objective without leading questions
  opened ended
• 276 distinct respondents
• 750 key events described
• Important but unresolved issues followed up in
  Round 2.

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Theme 1 Ensuring the Survival Interests of
Humanity

• Overwhelming response The Moon
• 20 of all responses concerned the moon
• Return to the Moon
• Development of a permanent presence
• Utilization of Lunar resources He-3, far-side
  astronomy, launch pad for future deep space
  missions
• Space Governance
• 70 say new space governing body should be formed
• Most say start this governance now
• Responses split on who should form the governing
  body
• International Cooperation
• A world summit in space
• Easy flow of the worlds workforce
• New collaborative techniques

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Theme 2 Space for the Benefit of All and Our
Environment

• Commercialization and Privatization of space
• A significant and topical theme
• Develop 100 private space activities
• Reliable point-to-point product transportation
• Emergent differences between regions
• Education and Outreach
• Better space education
• Outreach to the common person
• Energy and Resources
• Develop cleaner energy systems to preserve Earth
• Bring resources from space
• Space Sports, art and culture

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Theme 3 Advancing the Frontiers of Science and
Technology

• Humans to Mars and beyond
• The following steps after the Moon
• Astrobiology
• Earth-like planets
• E.T. life
• New Technologies
• Cost-saving and effective
• Propulsion
• Resumption of nuclear propulsion research,
• or the Space Elevator?

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Next steps

• Receive feedback from Space Generation members
  and the wider community
• Development of road map for the next 50 years
• Follow up survey What are the steps to realise
  these visions? ...and others
• Implementing programs to seed activity in these
  areas

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