Space Renaissance Philosophy – a Lecture at International Space University, Strasbourgh

I. Definition of Cosmic Humanism
II. History of the Space Renaissance philosophy (Gallery of Authors)
III. Humanist Requirements
IV. The real alternative at stake : remaining closed into Planet Earth boundaries, vs. expanding outside
V. Social, economic, environmental, evolutionary rationales of
civilization expansion into outer space
VI. Some rhetoric arguments to reply to the most common objections
to human expansion into space