Difference between revisions of "Purposes List"

From Lunarpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 17: Line 17:
 
;Why [[Communes Fail]]:  If our lunar settlement is to survive, we must have a good business model.
 
;Why [[Communes Fail]]:  If our lunar settlement is to survive, we must have a good business model.
 
;What we are [[Not Doing]]:  To know what your are doing, you must know what your are not doing.
 
;What we are [[Not Doing]]:  To know what your are doing, you must know what your are not doing.
 +
;Understanding [[Cascade to State Change]]:  Why complex systems do what they do.
 +
;Can we use [[Serendipity]]?:  Maybe we can get lucky.
 +
 +
  
 
===Building Buy-in===
 
===Building Buy-in===

Revision as of 15:03, 15 March 2007

Purposes List

Lunarpedia has many purposes. Here are some pages to help work out some of them.


Building Community

We must build a community of people with a shared vision who are in action.

Community Building
Community building concepts we can use.
Predicting the Future
Predicting the future is amazingly hard.
Out of the Box
Working out of the box is often evoked, never explained.
The Last Renaissance Man
Are you the last Renaissance man?
The Politics of Science Fiction
Politics and science fiction mirror image each other.
Achieving a Tipping Point
When you cross a certain point, it is down hill from there on.
Why Communes Fail
If our lunar settlement is to survive, we must have a good business model.
What we are Not Doing
To know what your are doing, you must know what your are not doing.
Understanding Cascade to State Change
Why complex systems do what they do.
Can we use Serendipity?
Maybe we can get lucky.


Building Buy-in

We need to invite people to buy into our vision of returning to the Moon.

Buy-In Explained
What buy-in is and how do you can generate it.
Modular Brain Theory
What new brain science is available to us.
Meme Theory
Can we change people's deep seated ideas?

Doing Some Business

A lunar settlement will succeed or fail as a business.

Business Management
Can business ideas help us?
NASA Exploration Strategy
NASA's exploration strategy and architecture.


Getting Ready

The way to do something is to start doing it.

Calgary Demonstration Habitat
Hands on practice in harsh conditions
Your Ideas Here
Yes, we mean you.