Space For Humanity

Space For Humanity, also known as S4H, is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2017 by Dylan Taylor,[1] the goal of the organization is democratizing space and developing solutions to world problems through the increasing of human awareness. Space for Humanity is developing plans to send diverse citizen astronauts to the edge of space, low earth orbit, the moon, and deep space.[2]

Space For Humanity
Non-profit
IndustrySpace
Founded2017
WebsiteSpaceForHumanity.org

History

Space For Humanity was launched at Space Frontier's NewSpace 2017[3] 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."[4]

Background

Space For Humanity's core mission is "to change the world by changing the perspective of everyday citizens." To do this, S4H plans to make space travel available to all people by "choosing astronauts of diverse backgrounds, nationalities, and ethnicities."[5][6]

Notable advisors include Dr. Alan Stern, who was the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission and Dr. Andy Aldrin, son of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Awards
  • Voted among the Top 10 companies at NewSpace People (2017)[7]
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See also

References
  1. "THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE" Space Angels. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  2. "XPrize ends its $30 million race to moon without a winner" CNN Money. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. "SPACE FRONTIER FOUNDATION HOSTS NEWSPACE 2017: NEXT-GENERATION SPACE CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO" Space Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  4. "Space for Humanity wants to send you to space" ROOM - The Space Journal. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  5. "Not Exactly Rocket Science" Harvard Political Review. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  6. "Want to travel to space? Eunice Olsen can help" Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  7. "Space for Humanity seeks 10,000 citizen astronauts" SpaceNews. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
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