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This website highlights the SOLUTION to defeat our LEO barrier and secure our future in space.

This is the very first photo taken by a human standing on the surface of the Moon. Photo taken by Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1969. Courtesy NASA, AS11-40-5850.

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The 100% Earth-Centric Space Economy

Our space economy is 100% an Earth-centric space economy.
If it stays that way, a permanent human presence on the Moon or Mars will not be possible.
Here's the fix.

In-Space Economy/ISRU Economy:

Products and services in space, that are bought, sold, and used in space, that are created entirely from the raw materials and other resources found in space.

The above definition of “In-Space Economy” is the key to creating a civilization on the Moon and/or Mars because it provides effective guidance to our decision making process, as in, what projects to pursue and where to apply our limited resources of time, money and effort.

Applying the above definition, the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been spent on space over the last fifty years has resulted in an in-space economy of $0 per year!!!

If we want a future in space beyond low Earth orbit, then we need to make some changes ASAP.

The system that’s been in place for the last 50 years simply hasn’t been effective in making progress towards establishing a civilization on the Moon or Mars.

The first country to create this in-space economy will have a nearly insurmountable advantage in space.

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(ISRU: In Situ Resource Utilization. Using what’s available locally.)

Lunar water for sale. Only $0.99 per gallon, plus $100,000 shipping and handling from Earth. When the next closest store is 240,000 miles away, buying local takes on a whole new meaning. This image illustrates the enormous incentive to learn how to use local lunar resources. Space exploration will have to pay for itself if we want a meaningful presence and future in space. The last 50+ years of budgetary data shows the limits of NASA funding. Congress won't adequately fund Apollo 2.0 or Mars 1.0. That's why creating an in-space economy based on these local space resources is paramount and the most realistic path forward. A blue-collar future in space IS our future in space.
This image illustrates the enormous incentive to learn how to use local lunar resources if we ever want a permanent presence on the Moon.

The White House wants NASA to send people back to the Moon by 2024 and to Mars in the 2030’s.

Unfortunately, most people rank these at the BOTTOM of NASA’s priority list.

(NASA Opinion Polls)

Space Centric (and others) has a more sensible approach…switch our focus from “exploration” to building a self-supporting in-space economy.

Creating the economy gives us the ability to stay there, instead of having to cancel programs and put our rockets in museums when the funding runs out.

FYI, there hasn’t been enough funding to put humans on the surface of the Moon since the late 1960’s/early 1970’s.

U.S. Capitol Building. As a tax-payer and voter, YOU have the power to shape NASA's direction and our future in space.
U.S. Capitol Building. Photo by Ben Shafer from FreeImages.

America’s future in space is dependent on basic changes to NASA’s focus (or creating a separate entity)…changes that make sense to the majority of taxpayers (not just the ones who think space should be a priority).

In addition, 78% of US workers live paycheck to paycheck (CareerBuilder survey) and can’t afford more taxes or more national debt.

The destination/exploration-focused flags and footprints efforts of Apollo, Constellation, Artemis, and The Path to Mars weren’t/aren’t focused on building our financial ability to explore space.

There are only so many tax dollars available for space exploration. The last 50+ years of data shows the limits of NASA funding. If we want a future in space, we need to acknowledge that “exploration” is a low priority of our (and any) nation’s economy, and necessarily will always be a very small portion of our budget.

Hurricane Dorian radar image.
Dorian, the giant reef fish, nibbling Florida’s coastline. Image courtesy NOAA and the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Dorian and other hurricanes leave a lasting impression on Congress’s willingness to fully fund NASA’s Artemis and Mars plans.

New cities and civilizations aren’t created by exploration, they’re created by the resourceful activities of those who try to make a living there. Our present approach to advancing our future in space is actually BACKWARDS! It’s skipping the essential step of creating an in-space economy. This is why we’re stuck in low Earth orbit.

Instead of exploration, we need to focus on creating a self-supporting in-space economy, starting at the Moon, using the local lunar resources to create the goods and services involved/needed in a lunar economy.

***An economy that’s primarily taking place AT the Moon.***

This approach is supportable, financially and politically, by politicians and taxpayers, because it leads us forward with increasing returns, decreasing reliance on taxes, and a vibrant future in space.

This is how people will eventually be able to live on the Moon and Mars … their local economy will make it possible.

This is what will DRIVE our progress in space.

This is how we’ll get past our low Earth orbit barrier.

Power Post:

A real solution that enables our future in space. Read the Power Post, Why NASA WON’T Send Astronauts to the Surface of Mars

What goes good with a mocha and a very tasty pita pocket sandwich? A back of the napkin list of most of the major systems needed for astronauts to go to the surface of Mars. Getting to Mars will require developing and/or operating several major systems concurrently. This is a problem. The last 50 years has shown that NASA has enough funding to concurrently develop only one major human space exploration system while operating one major system.
Pita. Mocha. Mars.