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The Apollo FoundationLaying the groundwork for a spacefaring civilization


Spacefaring (adj.)- to be capable of and active in the art of space travel or space transport- to travel the planets and stars as seafaring nations travel the oceans


Terrestrial Civilization

Specefaring Civilization

Building a spacefaring civilization is important

Knowledge

Survivability

Resources

Our understanding of life, physics, and meaning is limited by the geographic scope of our civilization.

The more worlds humans occupy, the less likely we are to be extinguished by catastrophic events.

Places beyond our planet can provide materials to improve productivity, health, and happiness.


Our mission is to…in projects that tackle threats to a spacefaring human civilization.Invest

a global discussion around about mitigating species-level threats and striking out for the stars.IgniteIntegrateefforts from around the world to promote

a shared goal of a spacefaring civilization.




The path to a spacefaring civilization faces a spectrum of threats, grouped into five categories:

Pandemic

Climate Disruption

Extinction

Isolation

Ignorance


Apollo’s five Task Forces strategically inject funding into projects that cripple, mitigate, and contain these threats.



Pandemic

Climate Disruption

Extinction

Isolation

Ignorance

Health Resilience

Clean Energy

Planetary Defense

Global Workspace

Disruptive Technology


Task ForcesHealth Resilience: A global pandemic of sufficient intensity and scope could kill billions, potentially leading to a technological Dark Age not unlike the Middle Ages in Europe. Our Health Resilience task force works to prevent potential pandemics and to make populations, health systems, and human networks resistant if they should occur.

Clean Energy: Climate destabilization resulting from emissions of greenhouse gases could cause incalculable economic, ecological, and human damage if emissions are not mitigated. Our Clean Energy task force is focused on developing and deploying innovative low-emissions energy technologies—at scale and across the globe.

Planetary Defense: This isn’t science fiction. A single asteroid or other near-Earth object of sufficient size could decimate or destroy human civilization if its strikes the planet. Our Planetary Defense task force promotes the creation of technologies to detect, deflect, and destroy threatening near-Earth objects.

Global Workspace: Perhaps the single greatest threat to spacefaring civilization is a lack of collaboration across the nations, cultures, religions, and socioeconomic strata of Earth. Our Global Workspace task force works to create technologies, platforms, and dialogues that promote widespread collaboration around humanity’s most pressing challenges.

Disruptive Technology: Any spacefaring civilization must first develop the knowledge, technologies, and equipment that will carry it to the stars. Our Disruptive Technology task force emphasizes groundbreaking innovation over incremental progress, working with technological visionaries to accelerate deployment of new solutions.


How the Apollo Foundation worksApollo

InstituteApollo Fund

Apollo Platform

Finances projects identified by Institute.

Solicits applications from around the world.

Measures, tracks, and reports project outcomes via the Platform.

Houses research, reports, real-time project updates and outcomes, and other resources.

Provides an interactive online environment for people to share,

discuss, and collaborate at no cost.

Brings together global experts to address the five key threats.

Puts together research and conferences for

Platform distribution.

Identifies and supports financing priorities. Task Forces


We prefer projects that…Attack several of the five key spacefaring threats.

Collaborate across disciplines, regions, and cultures.

Promote global conversation about species-level challenges.

Are scalable, replicable, and transparent.


Health Resilience

Clean Energy

Planetary Defense

Global Workspace


Examples of ideal Apollo projects

A global crowdsourcing platform that brings together researchers from around the world to brainstorm, design, and vet asteroid deflection technologies.


Health Resilience

Clean Energy

Planetary Defense

Global Workspace



A renewable energy program in Africa that installs clean energy capacity on hospitals in disease-prone areas with poor grid reliability to reduce pollution, improve hospital resiliency, and educate local communities.


Health Resilience

Clean Energy

Planetary Defense

Global Workspace



An international research institute that engages a diverse team of experts to develop new conceptual technologies for detecting, monitoring, and mining near-Earth objects.


Health Resilience

Clean Energy

Planetary Defense

Global Workspace



An algorithm that scans Facebook and Twitter for reports of disease symptoms, allowing epidemiologists to identify and track potential pandemic outbreaks.


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