Cosmic threats—what are they, how are they currently managed, and what work is needed in this area. Cosmic threats include asteroid impacts, solar flares, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, aliens, rogue planets, pulsar beams, and the Kessler Syndrome. I think it would be useful to provide a summary of how cosmic threats are handled, and determine their importance relative to other existential threats.
Lessons learned from the space community. The space community has been very open with data sharing—the utility of this for tackling climate change, nuclear threats, ecological collapse, animal welfare, and global health and development cannot be understated. I may include perspective shifts here, provided by views of Earth from above and the limitless potential that space shows us.
How to access the space community’s expertise, technology, and resources to tackle existential threats.
The role of the space community in global politics. Space has a big role in preventing great power conflicts and building international institutions and connections. With the space community growing a lot recently, I’d like to provide a briefing on the role of space internationally to help people who are working on policy and war.
Would a sequence of posts on space and existential risk be something that people would be interested in? (please agree or disagree to the post) I haven’t seen much on space on the forum (apart from on space governance), so it would be something new.
I am a researcher in the space community and I recently wrote a post introducing the links between outer space and existential risk. I’m thinking about developing this into a sequence of posts on the topic. I plan to cover:
Cosmic threats—what are they, how are they currently managed, and what work is needed in this area. Cosmic threats include asteroid impacts, solar flares, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, aliens, rogue planets, pulsar beams, and the Kessler Syndrome. I think it would be useful to provide a summary of how cosmic threats are handled, and determine their importance relative to other existential threats.
Lessons learned from the space community. The space community has been very open with data sharing—the utility of this for tackling climate change, nuclear threats, ecological collapse, animal welfare, and global health and development cannot be understated. I may include perspective shifts here, provided by views of Earth from above and the limitless potential that space shows us.
How to access the space community’s expertise, technology, and resources to tackle existential threats.
The role of the space community in global politics. Space has a big role in preventing great power conflicts and building international institutions and connections. With the space community growing a lot recently, I’d like to provide a briefing on the role of space internationally to help people who are working on policy and war.
Would a sequence of posts on space and existential risk be something that people would be interested in? (please agree or disagree to the post) I haven’t seen much on space on the forum (apart from on space governance), so it would be something new.
Hey Jordan, I work in the space sector and I’m also based in London. I am currently working on a Government project assessing the impact of space weather on UK critical national infrastructure. I’ve written a little on the existential risk of space weather, too, e.g. https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9gjc4ok4GfwuyRASL/cosmic-rays-could-cause-major-electronic-disruption-and-pose
I’ll message you as it would be good to connect!
Hi Matt. Sorry I missed your post and thanks for getting in touch! Your research sounds very interesting, I’ve messaged you directly :)