The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. - John Mason Brown Space exploration will most likely stagnate if it reflects an exclusionary posture that only some small set of people can fathom, let alone hope to participate. The public has never lost their fascination with space, they have, however, been left out. “If you can’t take a little bloody nose, maybe you had better go back home and crawl under your bed. It’s not safe out here! It’s wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it’s not for the timid.” (“Q Who” Star Trek: The Next Generation) The reality is that for many hundreds of years to come, earth will probably remain home to the majority of the human species. Therefore, 100YSS commits to translate and transform the knowledge gained and technology developed for interstellar flight to the benefit of life here on earth every step of the way.


“The future never just happened, it was created.” – Wil and Arial Durant