Jul 15, 2024 06:20 PM
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REFERENCES: Historic criticism of space exploration ..... Welcome to the age of space scepticism
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Anti-individualism or primeval family values in space settlement
https://www.space.com/values-family-spac...ment-op-ed
EXCERPTS: The brief history of humans living and working together in space has proven this is the case out there as well. No matter where they came from, after a few months of living, working, and staying alive together, Russians, Americans, and other crew members develop incredibly close bonds, even love for one another. Formed by their proximity, this caring and unity is born of trust, the kind of trust that comes from repeatedly allowing someone else the power to keep you alive or, if negligent, kill you. In many cases, these bonds remain for the rest of their lives.
[...] Outside the wall of your ship, dome, cave, or other habitat lies death, and although it holds no malice, it is inexorable, constantly oncoming, and ready to attack at any moment. The only things protecting you from that death are your walls, your machines, your systems, and the people around you. And when the walls and machines fail, all that is left are those people — and you had better trust one another completely.
[...] Pioneering groups in space will quickly realize that out there, waiting outside the airlock, is death — above, below, and surrounding them — and only people who are willing to shoulder their share of work and responsibility can be part of their unit. There will be no room for prima donnas, gamers, players, or layabouts. Members of those groups will be required to understand these harsh realities. Indoctrination and education will become critical for anyone new. And they will not be "family" until they have long proven themselves worthy of the trust of all aboard.
Everyone aboard had better care for you, and you had better care for them. And so everyone in your habitat, your bubble, your ship, becomes a single unit, a single family. You learn to tolerate each other, or you die. The way you act, eat, play, sleep, talk, express yourself, take up your own space, or allow space for others — there is no room for intolerance...
[...] In this, as in so many ways, by going out there into the cosmos, humanity will be traveling a full circle back to our primitive roots in the jungles and savannahs. In hunter-gatherer cultures, the family and its tribe are built around shared responsibility and knowledge that, unless all perform their tasks and roles, all will die. This will be true in space.
The mores and rules of space culture will also demand a core set of life-protecting and necessary commandments... [...] More subtle yet just as deadly consequences can arise from bad sanitation or personal habits or misuse of shared resources. We will, of course, have to be responsible to one another. The concept of interdependence will also take on a completely different meaning,..
[...] I believe the frontier culture of space will enhance and revitalize the concept of family, even as it has seemed to fade in the societies that are launching this new era. Be it genetic or created by association, every human life, family, unit, and community will be so utterly vulnerable that the interdependence of one with another will create the need for social interactions based on openness rather than exclusion... (MORE - details)
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Anti-individualism or primeval family values in space settlement
https://www.space.com/values-family-spac...ment-op-ed
EXCERPTS: The brief history of humans living and working together in space has proven this is the case out there as well. No matter where they came from, after a few months of living, working, and staying alive together, Russians, Americans, and other crew members develop incredibly close bonds, even love for one another. Formed by their proximity, this caring and unity is born of trust, the kind of trust that comes from repeatedly allowing someone else the power to keep you alive or, if negligent, kill you. In many cases, these bonds remain for the rest of their lives.
[...] Outside the wall of your ship, dome, cave, or other habitat lies death, and although it holds no malice, it is inexorable, constantly oncoming, and ready to attack at any moment. The only things protecting you from that death are your walls, your machines, your systems, and the people around you. And when the walls and machines fail, all that is left are those people — and you had better trust one another completely.
[...] Pioneering groups in space will quickly realize that out there, waiting outside the airlock, is death — above, below, and surrounding them — and only people who are willing to shoulder their share of work and responsibility can be part of their unit. There will be no room for prima donnas, gamers, players, or layabouts. Members of those groups will be required to understand these harsh realities. Indoctrination and education will become critical for anyone new. And they will not be "family" until they have long proven themselves worthy of the trust of all aboard.
Everyone aboard had better care for you, and you had better care for them. And so everyone in your habitat, your bubble, your ship, becomes a single unit, a single family. You learn to tolerate each other, or you die. The way you act, eat, play, sleep, talk, express yourself, take up your own space, or allow space for others — there is no room for intolerance...
[...] In this, as in so many ways, by going out there into the cosmos, humanity will be traveling a full circle back to our primitive roots in the jungles and savannahs. In hunter-gatherer cultures, the family and its tribe are built around shared responsibility and knowledge that, unless all perform their tasks and roles, all will die. This will be true in space.
The mores and rules of space culture will also demand a core set of life-protecting and necessary commandments... [...] More subtle yet just as deadly consequences can arise from bad sanitation or personal habits or misuse of shared resources. We will, of course, have to be responsible to one another. The concept of interdependence will also take on a completely different meaning,..
[...] I believe the frontier culture of space will enhance and revitalize the concept of family, even as it has seemed to fade in the societies that are launching this new era. Be it genetic or created by association, every human life, family, unit, and community will be so utterly vulnerable that the interdependence of one with another will create the need for social interactions based on openness rather than exclusion... (MORE - details)