Our first post...

We hope there will be many more. Some topics we are thinking of include:

How do we do space outreach?

How do we make space relevant?

How do we demonstrate that space is humanitarian?

How do we connect people with educational opportunities?

Ultimately, though, this whole endeavor is not directed to the "space people," the "insiders." Rather it is directed to the entire general public, so that eventually we all may become insiders.

It took 400,000 people working together to reach the moon. The ones we remember most are the astronauts. After them come the scientists and engineers and administrators, who are less well known to the public.

But it doesn't stop there. Artists, secretaries, sheet metal workers, cafeteria workers, truck drivers, and many others— they all played their essential roles.

More people have "some" level of interest in space lately. But many of them are unaware that they can move humanity forward without actually being an astronaut or a scientist. 

Space entities, whether giant corporations or smaller businesses, can employ people of varying backgrounds, including graphic designers, artists, writers, public relations people, media experts, and potentially many more.

Many of us would like to go into space, but most of us never will. What we can do, however, is try to ensure that space is more accessible in 10 years than it was before.

There was a time when air travel was the realm of the wealthy. Passengers wore tuxedos and evening attire just to take an airplane flight. But just as air travel is now accessible to almost anyone, we hope to move toward a future where space is open to everyone, a future where we dare and dream great things, a world where space is used to serve Earth and improve the human condition. We will do this not by looking inward as we tend to do, but outward into the rest of the universe.

That, in a nutshell, is the purpose of the Open Space Foundation. We want to play whatever small role we can to move the human race forward.