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Lifeboat News #60

#60

Lifeboat News

This issue published on 08/01/07. Copyright 2007 Lifeboat Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

X PRIZE Cup 2007

Thanks to generous donors, we exceeded the goal for our EM Launch Competition by 20% and it will be featured at the X PRIZE Cup '07 from October 26 to October 28 at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
 
Electromagnetic (EM) launch technology will allow rockets to be launched with no fuel onboard. Since most of the power in a rocket is used to launch the fuel and not the payload, this is a significant development. It also helps avoid the danger of being launched on a large chemical bomb AND reduces pollution as well.
 
More info is available at http://lifeboat.com/ex/em

Vector Graphics

We would like to convert the graphics at http://lifeboat.com/ex/warning.signs.for.tomorrow to vector graphics. If you can help out, send an email with the subject "Lifeboat Foundation Vector Graphics" to [email protected]

Ecophage Research

Robert A. Freitas Jr. has found preliminary evidence that diamond mechanosynthesis may not be reliable enough at ambient temperatures to sustain an existential risk from microscopic ecophagic replicators. Learn more details including how you can help fund his important research on this subject at http://lifeboat.com/ex/grant5
 
We have already raised four figures for this research project.

Challenges & Opportunities: the Future of Nano & Bio Technologies

Our Scientific Advisory Board members Gary Marchant, Chris Phoenix, Tihamer "Tee" Toth-Fejel, Mike Treder, and Brian Wang will be speaking at Challenges & Opportunities: The Future of Nano & Bio Technologies: an interdisciplinary conference organized by World Care and the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology from September 9 to September 13 at Tucson, Arizona, USA. Learn more at http://crnano.org/conf2007.htm

Media Coverage

Read "Safeguarding Humanity: Faced with the increasing threat of advanced technologies, the Lifeboat Foundation has a plan" at http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/artic...ity.aspx

Blog

Lori Marino joins our blog team with her first post at http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=85

Discounts

Lifeboat Foundation members are now eligible for a 33.33% discount off any books from Vera Verba, including "A Lodging of Wayfaring Men", "God Wants You Dead", "A Second Look at Eden", "Jesus - The New Testament", and "Survive!". To get your discount code, send an email to [email protected] with the subject "Lifeboat Foundation Vera Verba Discount".

Reports

Our Scientific Advisory Board members have generated many interesting reports recently. They include:
 
"Human Body Version 2.0" by Ray Kurzweil at http://lifeboat.com/ex/human.body.version.2.0
 
"Why the Moon? Human survival!" by Robert Shapiro at http://lifeboat.com/ex/why.the.moon.human.survival

Growing Membership

Here are some of the recent donations/pledges we have received since the last newsletter:
 
Keith Curtis: $200, Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $170, Anonymous: $95, Michael Anissimov: $85, Michael Dickey: $85, Thoughtware.TV: $85, Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85, Kenneth P. Weiss: $85, Mark A. Walker: $50, James Blodgett: $25, Vincent A. Cate: $25, John Claus: $25, Adam Dobrin: $25, Rick Hubbard: $25, James William Taylor: $25, Sylvia Engdahl: $10, Glenn A. Miller: $10, Jeremy Shepard: $10, Kaj Sotala: $10, Michael Vassar: $10, and Donna Beck: $1.
 
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.