Space For Humanity, also known as S4H, is a non-profit organization with headquarters in
Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
. Founded in 2017 by
Dylan Taylor, Space for Humanity is organizing a sponsored Citizen Astronaut Program, where leaders can apply for an opportunity to go to
space
Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider ...
and experience the
Overview Effect
The overview effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with self-transcendent qualities, precipitated by a particularly striking visu ...
: the cognitive shift in awareness that occurs when a human being looks down on the Earth from space.
History
Space For Humanity was launched at Space Frontier's
NewSpace
Private spaceflight is spaceflight or the development of spaceflight technology that is conducted and paid for by an entity other than a government agency.
In the early decades of the Space Age, the government space agencies of the Soviet Unio ...
2017 conference with a stated mission to "send 10,000 diverse humans to space within the next ten years and so doing change human perception, democratize space, and improve the state of the World."
Alliance Network
Space for Humanity’s Alliance Network is a collective of advisors, ambassadors, partners, and their Inclusion Council that have come together to advance the Space for Humanity mission.
Partnerships
Space for Humanity has a partnership with
stratospheric balloon
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...
company, The Space Perspective.
Other Partnerships/Organizations include:
* We the Future
* New York Space Alliance
* BOSPlanet
* LifeShip
*
SGAC
*
SEDS
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) is a non-profit international student organization whose purpose is to drive space advocacy of space exploration and development through educational and engineering projects.
Histo ...
* Conrad Challenge
Programs
Humanity-1: Citizen Astronaut Program
Space for Humanity is to launch the planet's first Sponsored Citizen Astronaut Program
to send citizens of diverse racial, economic, and disciplinary backgrounds into space on Humanity-1. S4H has opened an application process for leaders, from any walk of life, to apply for an opportunity to go to space. Applications are being collected for spaceflight seats in 2021.
Planning and Mission
In 2019, Space for Humanity began to accept applications from citizens around the world to travel to space as soon as flights are commercially available. In July 2021, Space for Humanity reopened the application for the program for sponsoring a group of leaders to join the program.
The end goal of this program is to inspire leaders with a new perspective from the
Overview Effect
The overview effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with self-transcendent qualities, precipitated by a particularly striking visu ...
to bring back to the world.
Awards
* Voted among the Top 10 companies at NewSpace People (2017)
"Space for Humanity seeks 10,000 citizen astronauts"
''SpaceNews''. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
See also
* Commercialization of space
Commercial use of space is the provision of goods or services of commercial value by using equipment sent into Earth orbit or outer space. This phenomenon – aka Space Economy (or New Space Economy) – is accelerating cross-sector innovation ...
* Private spaceflight
Private spaceflight is spaceflight or the development of spaceflight technology that is conducted and paid for by an entity other than a government agency.
In the early decades of the Space Age, the government space agencies of the Soviet Unio ...
* NewSpace
Private spaceflight is spaceflight or the development of spaceflight technology that is conducted and paid for by an entity other than a government agency.
In the early decades of the Space Age, the government space agencies of the Soviet Unio ...
* Space Tourism
Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism.
During the period from 2001 to 2009, seven space tourists made eight s ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://spaceforhumanity.org
Organizations established in 2017
Organizations based in Denver