“Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival. This quest for enlightenment must begin now. It is essential that all men and women become aware of what they are, why they are here on Earth and what they must do to preserve civilization before it is too late.” MenWorldEarthValuesMankindDangerCivilizationEssentialsLateSurvivalEnlightenmentMen And WomenProfoundSecurePreservesToo LateOur WorldQuestsPositive Values Author:Richard Matheson
“The planet earth has a life span of eight billion years, give or take a few million. People have been around for approximately forty thousand years-a virtual blink in the cosmos. It is sad that we as a species are ravaging the natural world so fast that we are jeopardizing our survival. If we wipe ourselves out, it would be the height of folly, but the earth will survive even us. It will eventually restore itself. It might take a few thousand years, and it won't be just as it was before, but its life is stronger than death.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingYearsHas BeensMightWould BeEarthLife IsNaturalMillionsPlanetsThousandSurvivalStrongerSpeciesEightBillionsHeightFollyCosmosFortyThousand YearsNatural WorldWipePlanet EarthBlinkLife Span Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“The question to ask is whether the risk of traveling to space is worth the benefit. The answer is an unequivocal yes, but not only for the reasons that are usually touted by the space community: the need to explore, the scientific return, and the possibility of commercial profit. The most compelling reason, a very long-term one, is the necessity of using space to protect Earth and guarantee the survival of humanity.” NeedsLongReasonEarthHumanityAsksTermCommunitySpaceAnswersRiskPossibilityReturnWalkingMoonProtectBenefitsSurvivalProfitLong TermGuaranteesCompellingStar GazingUnequivocalCompelling Reason Author:William E. Burrows
“If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space. If we are the only intellegent beings in the galaxy we should make sure we survive and continue. . . . Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth but to spread out into space. We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years. But if we want to continue beyond the next hundred years, our future is in space.” IfsWantShouldYearsLongMadeTwoEarthLastsNextTermChanceSpaceProgressCenturyPlanetsWalkingMoonSafeSurvivalHundredSpeciesSpreadDisasterLong TermRemarkableOur FutureInwardGalaxyPlanet EarthStar Gazing Author:Stephen Hawking
“Colonization means potential immortality for the human genus. Man's safety on Earth was never great, and it dwindles hourly. Disarmament, even world government, will not guarantee survival in an age when population presses natural resources to the limit and when the knowledge of how to work mischief on a planetary scale is ever more widely diffused among peoples who may grow ever more desperate.” MenWorldHumansMayMeanGovernmentAgeEarthGrowsNaturalSpaceLimitsSurvivalResourcesSafetyPressesPopulationScalesImmortalityDesperateGuaranteesMischiefNatural ResourcesDisarmamentColonizationWorld Government Author:Poul Anderson
“Clearly our first task is to use the material wealth of space to solve the urgent problems we now face on Earth: to bring the poverty-stricken segments of the world up to a decent living standard, without recourse to war or punitive action against those already in material comfort; to provide for a maturing civilization the basic energy vital to its survival.” WorldFirstsWarUseProblemActionEarthFacesEnergyWealthSpacePovertyMaterialsComfortCivilizationSurvivalStandardsTasksSolveDecentMatureUrgentRecourseMaterial Wealth Author:Gerard K. O'Neill