the "FINAL FRONTIER CRISIS"

From the Serenity of the Shoreline to the deepest reaches of Outer Space...

Gaia Two flies in the face of conventional wisdom, co-operating with natural forces.

She will "Fall into Space" with no rocket engine, and return gently with no blazing burn-in.

This vehicle will Brighten the Horizon for all, restore a sense of expansiveness to our collective psyche, and enable us to finally realize mankind's enduring dream of exploring beyond Earth's confines.

That is what's wrong.
Everyone feels crowded, and under enormous pressure.
Nobody likes the feeling.
We have overprocreated, overused, and overdone just about everything on the way to getting ourselves into one hell of a mess.
Battles over shrinking habitats, diminishing resources, and who gains control over whatever comes next will go on well into the foreseeable future.
Plus, The Final Frontier is CLOSED.
There is no more "Westward Ho the Wagons".
Outward is the only way.
Unfortunately, between us and Outer Space lies The High Ground.
Near Space is fortified like Pork Chop Hill.
We are trapped here.
Nobody gets off this rock without permission.
While this sensation is not yet widely discussed, it's clearly there, and growing in direct response to our level of awareness.
Remember, all the Space Weaponry is aimed this way.
Add that to your level of awareness.
Give it an instant to sink in.
Picture the orbiting CLOSED sign rising alongside the Moon.
Feel it?
There's no place left for us to grow...and we've made a mess of things here.
Even if you've never considered this possibility before, it's there now.
Without our Sense of Expansiveness, we are lost.

Forge ahead!
Gotcha covered.
Flying in the face of convention, co-operating with natural forces, defying prevailing wisdom at every turn, GAIA TWO will broaden our vision, and clear the path for Humanity to experience Universe Rising.
The sense of vastness drawing us ever outward will relieve the pressure, providing an opportunity to refresh our outlook, and consider our actions before tackling the changes to come.

Collectively, we know what to do.
This gadget will enable us to share our thoughts.
Dispersing knowledge and expanding our level of awareness is the way to go.
Follow these links to further explore the notion...you'll know more and feel better about things.
"AZORES OR BUST"
"EXPANSION"
"SMYTHSPACE"
"GAIA TWO"
"FADDA EART"
"GENUINE LYNN AHHT"

NOTE...9/31/08

The following text is from my recent email to Steve Landeene, Executive Director, SpacePort America, New Mexico.
Whitehorn is Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic (Branson's Space Tourism Venture), and a driving force behind the creation of SpacePort America.
Will and I have corresponded since 1999.
Steve asked for my plans.

Hi Steve,
My intention is to prove that Gaia Two will perform as advertised...lifted to 150,000' by balloon, the vehicle 'Falls into Space' by dropping to 80,000' and soaring off to Space, propelled by compressed air.
There is absolutely no reason why this vehicle cannot reach the current 100Kilometer 'edge of near space' elevation using this method.
After that, Escape Velocity is not an absolute.
It only applies to non-aerodynamic cylinders carrying tons of fuel.
Like an arrow fired straight up...no more oomph, no more elevation.
As long as the vehicle remains stable (via moveable ballast and gyroscopic balance), and propulsion continues to overcome gravity, she will continue on course and reach the desired height...even if said height is orbital, or beyond...
The first flight will be non-manned, radio controlled...the lift balloon can serve as a booster for signals from Earth.
After reaching the 100K elevation, she will return gently.
I see a large lake near the SpacePort which can serve as a landing area.
The basic premise is that Gaia Two solves the ongoing launch and re-entry problems which every effort has faced thus far.
Rocketeering is a loser long range...too limited...and we have no plasma/ion/nuke etc. sources available at this time.
People need hope now, not in the next lifetime.
My Father worked on early re-entry projects for AVCO.
The first time I saw a model nose cone being blasted by flame to test ablation, it became my mission to solve the re-entry problem...c. 1959.
Gaia Two has evolved from this mission.
I always hated the 'not in our lifetimes' outlook.
While the thinking was noble for the earliest pioneers, it has gone another lifetime with that way of thinking...and the big guys are still milking plans that have been on the drawing boards since those earliest pioneers.
The current situation is interesting, but leads nowhere.
All the investment in the world isn't going to change anything for a long time.
It takes a fresh outlook.
This outlook will provide financing for Gaia Two if the public is aware that such an option exists.
This will lead to further development of the concept via an upswell of interest from the man on the street.
Let's face it...nobody cares about Virgin Galactic right now...more hype just drags the whole idea down...is Branson offering free CDs yet?
If so, tell him to put them in recycled paper sleeves...not Petro Chem Jewel Cases.
Let's show 'em something that blows their minds...and expands possibilities...for very little money...and tons of free publicity RE the iconoclastic American Space Guy.
I can take people there without the vehicle.
When it appears, Folks will be prepared for a brighter future...not a cocktail party honoring celebs in space.
There is so much more that it will become boring quickly via email...but it's all doable for less than the lawyers are collecting while wrangling over the rules and regs.
You can't build a SpacePort without SpaceCraft...and none of the current participants can do more than hope to develop cheaper telecomsat launch capabiltites...which is exactly why all the participants are Telecom Bazillionaires.
If you want to see Humans launched from NM, in our lifetimes (I'm 61), this is the way to go.
Ask Whitehorn...somewhere in his worried heart he knows that I am right...if he's really in favor of all the EcoHype being pitched by the Boss, he knows Virgin Galactic is on hold for reasons other than Rutan's safety concerns.
That's enough for now...let me know...and, again, thanks for the get back...
Steve

After re-reading the above, I figured it serves as a pretty good summary of how Gaia Two works, so here it is for all to see.

MORE...

Amidst all the recent Global Confusion, Man-Made, or Anthropogenic CO2 is suddenly touted as our biggest threat.
How many of us even knew what ACO2 was a few months ago?
Now, it’s viewed as a potential end game for Humanity.
Here’s a flash...ACO2 is us.
Humanity...what a gas, eh?
Every breath exhaled by every single Human who has ever walked the face of the planet produces ACO2.
The warnings of dangerous ACO2 levels aren’t from Humans breathing too much.
It’s the result of Petro Chem production.
Guess who produces Petro Chems?
It’s a little over a millennium since the first oil well went into production.
In the second half of the millennium we became totally dependent upon Petro Chem production, and doubled our population.
The two go hand in hand.
It's a done deal.
Our presence has altered Earth’s Environment.
We’ve made our mark.
Now, suddenly, we’re all running around in a panic because our mark is dark and ugly.
After all this time, pretending that 'progress' was more important than all that foolish Tree Hugger nonsense, we find ourselves up against the wall, acting surprised to be in such a mess, looking to those who made the mess for a way out.
DUH!!!
Our current situation began when the first of our ancestors ventured out of the cave and pissed along his trail.
For the longest time, we didn't have the ability to mark and establish our presence over anything more than our immediate surroundings.
But, we’ve always done as much marking as possible.
From sticks and stones to "The Big One".
From the dramatically firelit Caves of Altamira to the mindlessly ubiquitous flicker of the world wide web, as our territory widened, and Humans proliferated, our mark became exponentially greater, at unfathomable speed.
Then, it was now.
Oooops!
what to do...what to do...the sky is falling...what to do...?

Here’s a good place to start...

“not in our lifetimes”...a noble thought process/belief/attitude...
expressed by guys who had grown up during the Great Depression, fought in WWII, came home, made babies, and went to work creating a better world for those babies, “not in our lifetimes" was a wistful acceptance of harsh reality, with the most positive, forward thinking approach possible generously applied...period!
The feeling was of developing a brighter future.
If it took the rest of their lives to get the ball rolling, OK.
The grandbabies will reap the rewards.
“We’ll teach everything we know to our offspring, provide as much as possible, encourage them in the right direction, and our noble beliefitude will become legacy.”
This is what gave the “not in our lifetimers” the oomph to carry on.
This plan went seriously awry in the decade from 1957-1967.
There was just too muckin’ futch happening for young people to ignore the alternatives in favor of following the projected path.
Large numbers of the ‘not in our lifetimers’ found themselves on the outside looking in on what appeared to be the early stages of their babies turning the legacy into Sodom and Gomorrah with cars, sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
The kids were simply expediting the process...skipping a generation in the reward game.
Looking forward for the benefit of others wasn’t even on the radar of those immersed in the decade long revel.
They had become one with it all.
Everything’s gonna be alright.
Then it was now!
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