usf@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (05/17/91)
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*UNITED SPACE FEDERATION, INC. / UPDATE FOR 16th of MAY 1991*
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* An International Civil Space Agency By 1993 *
* An Idea Whose Time Has Come ! *
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Main Goals of the Organization
1) To intergrate international ( Multinational ) space efforts in a
orderly and symbeoticaly beneficial way, through the membership
of an international civil space agency.
2) Provide a alternative to combative and destructive uses of
science and technology.
3) To insure nationstate structure does not migrate to the Moon
and Mars ( or any where beyond Earths orbit ) by making these
domains international ( Multinational ), ( Earth ), areas of control
only. This will be the only way to avert future military conflicts
in space, or on other planets, and will insure all the peoples of the
world community will benefit from its development.
What is the USF
The United Space Federation is a not-for-profit Corporation
which was conceived and founded in 1986 in Virginia Beach,
VA.,USA, the purpose of which is to establish an international civil
space agency with a mandate to promote and and implement
multinational commercial and scientific exploration of space. The
charter of this proposed space agency would forbid it to work with
national military organizations and would discourage projects
which entertain narrow political and/or economic biases.
The hope of the Founder and Directors is that the USF's efforts
will produce more rapid advancement in already existing fields
such as Space Physics and Engineering, Life Sciences, Earth
Observation, Astronomy, Meteorology, and Telecommunications
than is possible when scientific work and civil commercial
activities are "overly" restrained by national barriers. This
proposed international civil space agency would also stimulate
research, and exploratory efforts, into the development of extra-
global ( e.g. Lunar, Martian, Ect. ) resource exploitation and
transportation and into means of removing environment
contaminating industrial "processes"(THIS DOES NOT MEAN WASTE)
to points beyond Earths eco-system. The preservation of
industrial / technological civilization as we know it will require
breakthroughs in these and other, as yet-undefined areas.
International commitment to the above projects through this
proposed international civil space agency will be an important
step in the direction of the restructuring of national economies of
major industrial nations presently dependent of war-related
research and production. Jobs in the war (defense) production
sectors which are being threatened as a consequence of the
winding down of the Cold War, between the USSR and the USA,
could be rescued by redirecting them into the newly developing
space-related science and technology sectors resulting from the
formation of this proposed space agency.
The ideals of a viable global environment, world peace through
international cooperation, and world wide prosperity comprise the
basic elements of the good life desired by men and women
everywhere regardless of nationality, religion, or political
ideology. The USF will vigorously endeavor to realize these ideals
through the world community by promoting and implementing
space research, technology, and exploration. For more information,
please contact: ( Send self addressed stamped envelope )
Board of Directors
UNITED SPACE FEDERATION, INC.
International Headquarters
P.O. Box 4722
Ithaca, New York 14852-4722
In the United States of America
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Thank you for your time and support, Godspeed!
Sincerely,
Rick R. Dobson
Executive Director
United Space Federation, Inc.