Experiencing the Overview Effect

First coined by philosopher Frank White in his book of the same name, the Overview Effect instilled a profound cognitive change of awareness for astronauts who have made it to space thus far. When seeing the Earth from space these individuals report having an overwhelming sense of wonder and awe, unity with nature and all of humanity. Hopefully, more of us will be able to experience this phenomenon in the near future when space becomes more accessible to more people. Until then, you can get a sense of what they felt in a YouTube series called NASA Down to Earth.

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The latest from SatSure on the rise of Newspace over the last decade, productizing geospatial analytics, investment strategies and more

What’s missing from space exploration?

“Manufacturing” says Made in Space CEO Andrew Rush as quoted in the Jacksonville Daily Record. “You need a reason to go. Every frontier we’ve ever opened as a people was because there was an economic reason for us to go and live and work in that place … That’s what we think is the missing piece in space exploration, . . . that economically-focused motivator to go and innovate and do new things.”

Property rights and space settlement

Does the Outer Space Treaty allow the establishment of property rights for space settlement? Rand Simberg explains that through the use of multilateral agreements among like-minded nations, the accord may actually be more permissive then originally thought