IN PHILADELPHIA ,
October 12, 2019
THE
NATIONAL SPACE LOTTERY PETITION
To the
President of the Executive Committee of the National Space Society, we do
hereby offer this Petition for his ratification and his recommendation
to Mr. Jeff Bezos, that Mr. Bezos may take this one small step toward opening
the gateway to space for those who can least afford it, by helping to
underwrite and inaugurate this first National Space Lottery. We therefore declare the following principles
to ensure that the future of space is opened to all who dare to dream:
WHEREAS: The budding
industry of space tourism has been geared toward the most wealthy; and
WHEREAS: Most people
will never have the chance or the experience to behold firsthand the grandeur
of the Earth from orbit or to see with their own eyes the world in its
entirety; and
WHEREAS: The New
Frontier was not given to the smallest number but to all mankind; and
WHEREAS: Every person
should be given the opportunity to fulfill their dream, including those wishing
to travel into space; and
WHEREAS: Those who
can afford to go into space the least—including artists, writers, and
teachers—are needed the most to proclaim and to publicize the promise and the
vision of pioneering the Space Frontier; now therefore be it
RESOLVED: That we,
the members of the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Space Society, known
locally as the NSS Philadelphia Area Space Alliance, do unanimously call for
the National Space Society’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, in
cooperation with corporate sponsors like Amazon.com., to take action to enable a
National Space Lottery, from which the winning ticket or tickets will authorize
the awarding of a flight into space; and that such ticket or tickets will be
entirely transferable, even to one’s favorite school, if the ticket winner or winners wishes to do
so.
WE TAKE THIS ACTION:
To give everyone a chance to fulfill their dream of space flight; to
help engage the public about our exciting Space Age; and to declare to the
world that we, the people of the United States, do not turn our back on those
of limited financial resources; but rather that we give them the chance to truly
reach for the stars.
UNTO THIS END: And
with this vote now cast, we hereby pledge our unwavering support for this
petition. And to all who shall win a
space flight, and who never thought they would have a chance in their lifetime,
LET THEM GO UP. AD ASTRA. .
http://chapters.nss.org/pa/philadelphia
