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Every American EVE player should check this out. Also, everyone else...

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Horratio Antillies
The Skunkworks
#1 - 2012-07-25 22:41:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Horratio Antillies
I rarely post on the forums so I don't know if this is the right place to post this but I think the common theme makes it relevant.

http://www.fightforspace.com/

http://www.facebook.com/FightForSpace

I hope all of you will give it some thought and at the very least help spread the word.

They also have a kickstarter to help fund the documentary

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/420606009/fight-for-space-space-program-and-nasa-documentary

Also, how cool would it be if CCP donated enough to get an associate producer credit in the film along with a short interview talking about how much interest there is in manned space travel across the whole world, not just in America.
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#2 - 2012-07-25 22:45:44 UTC

/signed.

Signatures should be used responsibly...
Jim Era
#3 - 2012-07-25 22:48:18 UTC
>.< can't follow links at work for some reason.
Will forget about it by the time I get home. shed some light on what it is?

Wat™
Horratio Antillies
The Skunkworks
#4 - 2012-07-25 22:53:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Horratio Antillies
Jim Era wrote:
>.< can't follow links at work for some reason.
Will forget about it by the time I get home. shed some light on what it is?


This is a quote from their website's "About Us" page.

Quote:
About Us

Space is expensive, space is dangerous, space is exciting, and space is awesome! Before I was born, we landed a man on the moon. This accomplishment launched an entire generation of scientists, engineers, and technological enthusiasts, at every educational level from high school to P.H.D. Since before I can remember, I was always enamored with space. I watched television shows and movies like Star Trek, Star Wars, the Outer Limits, and Babylon 5. Whenever there was a new space show on TV, I was there to watch it succeed or fail.

Looking back, it feels like I had a claim to the “Space” section of my elementary school library. I was always renting the eyewitness space books and reading about the solar system. When news broke while I was in third grade that there might be a “Planet X,” it was all the rage. We didn’t care about who was president or what the country’s economic woes were. We were hearing about engineering breakthroughs with the International Space Station, shuttle launches, and plans for NASA’s new space plane.

That was just the 1990s. I can’t begin to imagine what life was like for the kids in the 60s, growing up and watching us send a man to space for the first time, landing a man on the moon, and broadcasting video back to an eager earth, far away.

It is 2012. We have no space shuttle, no space plane, and no lift vehicle at all. We are left with virtually no manned space program. We have been reduced to hitching a ride with our former sworn enemy and still corrupt Russian government, to get to the International Space Station. Is this the mark of a great nation; a nation of innovators, pioneers, explorers, and dreamers? I don’t think so.

As a film maker I have taken on the task of exploring this problem, gathering the evidence, and showing the people that our space program is worth fighting for.

We want you to “Fight for Space” in your own way:

• Care about the environment and climate change? Venus is a great example of a runaway greenhouse effect that we need to study. Mars used to have running water and now has none.Why did this happen? Fight for Space.

• Do you have an American flag hanging from your porch? Do you fly it for national pride? We are a United States of Innovators, Pioneers, and Dreamers. We will not settle for second best in anything. Fight for Space.

• Economy getting you down? Maybe you lost your job or you have a friend who lost his or her job. You think tax breaks or government hand outs are going to save you? Think again. The fundamental disease is that this nation that we call home lacks ambition. The ambition to innovate and dream big, dreams has driven this country since day one. Fight for Space.

• Double NASA’s budget? Sounds like a great idea but the problem isn’t just money, it is a the lack of a goals that is holding us back. We believe in a stronger NASA budget, but it must be properly controlled to maximize it’s effect. Without a vision we will go nowhere.

Fight for Space.

Sincerely,
Paul Hildebrandt
Director


TL;DR

They are making a documentary about how manned space flight was the coolest thing ever and we should start doing it again if we want to be cool.
Comrade SLFreeman
Caldari Provisions
#5 - 2012-07-25 22:58:57 UTC
Thank you for sharing. Jim, it is a documentary about Space Travel.
Jim Era
#6 - 2012-07-25 23:02:29 UTC
**** ye lets do it

Wat™
Cpt Gobla
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2012-07-25 23:33:18 UTC
Why has this not been posted yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcs4klrjlwE
Adalun Dey
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2012-07-25 23:48:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Adalun Dey
I'm not sure what this movie is going to accomplish but ...

Instead of having every country start up their own space program, let's pool those resources and work together for something as critical to all of humanity as this is. Sadly there is very little long term vision (50 - 100 years) and even less sense of unity among nationalities, ethnic groups or corporations to pull this one off in the course of this century.

Luckily we still have the CCP space program.

[i]" Take my love, take my land, take me where I can not stand, I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. "[/i]
Horratio Antillies
The Skunkworks
#9 - 2012-07-25 23:57:36 UTC
Cpt Gobla wrote:
Why has this not been posted yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcs4klrjlwE



Space is the place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a7clqqbHZI
Pix Severus
Empty You
#10 - 2012-07-26 00:10:26 UTC
There's no immediate money in space, so we don't go.

We'd much rather install McDemocracy in yet another nation that doesn't want it, and then take all their resources instead.

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Sara XIII
The Carnifex Corp
#11 - 2012-07-26 00:21:31 UTC
We here at NASA have been re-tasked by our Dear Leader to find ways to help Muslims feels better about their contributions to the sciences.

......finally on a path to greatness.

Thank You and Good Luck with that "Space" thingy you're doing.
Between Ignorance and Wisdom
Betrinna Cantis
#12 - 2012-07-26 00:41:47 UTC
Adalun Dey wrote:
I'm not sure what this movie is going to accomplish but ...

Instead of having every country start up their own space program, let's pool those resources and work together for something as critical to all of humanity as this is. Sadly there is very little long term vision (50 - 100 years) and even less sense of unity among nationalities, ethnic groups or corporations to pull this one off in the course of this century.

Luckily we still have the CCP space program.

Good Idea.Sure works in this gameShockedBig smile. It definately be better if resources were pooled to get in space in a manner that is "profitable".It comes down to 2 things universally, Money and Trust. Money being the biggest roadblock because no one trusts anyone with money.

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Ahri Jhan
Shadowkrieg
#13 - 2012-07-26 00:43:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Ahri Jhan
Horratio Antillies wrote:
Cpt Gobla wrote:
Why has this not been posted yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcs4klrjlwE



Space is the place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a7clqqbHZI


nearly shed a tear from the nostalgia of the toonami vid

Adalun Dey wrote:
I'm not sure what this movie is going to accomplish but ...

Instead of having every country start up their own space program, let's pool those resources and work together for something as critical to all of humanity as this is. Sadly there is very little long term vision (50 - 100 years) and even less sense of unity among nationalities, ethnic groups or corporations to pull this one off in the course of this century.

Luckily we still have the CCP space program.


"The Earth is the cradle of the mind -- but one cannot eternally live in a cradle". - by Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin


I feel that constantly investing too much resources on earth will hurt instead of help us in the long run.

I don't know, maybe I'm just being a worry wort, but I still fear for the massive influx of population over the next century and what it might cause.

~AJ~
Grath Telkin
Amok.
Goonswarm Federation
#14 - 2012-07-26 00:51:51 UTC
Adalun Dey wrote:
I'm not sure what this movie is going to accomplish but ...

Instead of having every country start up their own space program, let's pool those resources and work together for something as critical to all of humanity as this is. Sadly there is very little long term vision (50 - 100 years) and even less sense of unity among nationalities, ethnic groups or corporations to pull this one off in the course of this century.

Luckily we still have the CCP space program.


Starting with your first line, this movie is targeted at Americans, who while notoriously sluggish to begin with, can be very convincing when moved to cause.

If this gets enough wind then perhaps something will change, however unlikely.


And as for the second part, NATO pretty much made sure that the world will never pool its resources again, at least not the western half of the world.

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Horratio Antillies
The Skunkworks
#15 - 2012-07-26 01:11:02 UTC
Grath Telkin wrote:


Starting with your first line, this movie is targeted at Americans, who while notoriously sluggish to begin with, can be very convincing when moved to cause.




Von Braun working with Walt Disney to get the american people excited about space comes to mind.
Akirei Scytale
Okami Syndicate
#16 - 2012-07-26 01:20:08 UTC
The US can't afford this, not without some serious budgetary reform, like slashing the defense budget.

Nah, space is China's frontier now.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#17 - 2012-07-26 01:27:35 UTC
That keynote made Dr. NDT my hero.

The Drake is a Lie
KrakizBad
Section 8.
#18 - 2012-07-26 01:43:46 UTC
I expect CCP to put a man on Mars before any current government. What?
Charles Baker
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2012-07-26 01:45:32 UTC
Adalun Dey wrote:
I'm not sure what this movie is going to accomplish but ...

Instead of having every country start up their own space program, let's pool those resources and work together for something as critical to all of humanity as this is. Sadly there is very little long term vision (50 - 100 years) and even less sense of unity among nationalities, ethnic groups or corporations to pull this one off in the course of this century.

Luckily we still have the CCP space program.


You know Europe and Canada already pool theirs through the ESA, we've even started integrating the Russians.
Horratio Antillies
The Skunkworks
#20 - 2012-07-26 02:28:24 UTC
Akirei Scytale wrote:
The US can't afford this, not without some serious budgetary reform, like slashing the defense budget.

Nah, space is China's frontier now.


Do you even NDT?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2QDpGRQKc


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