Fiftieth Issue
We are celebrating the 50th issue of this newsletter by finally getting
the Lifeboat Fund total above $100,000. 2005 Guardian Award winner Ray
Kurzweil moves into the lead of all donors with a total of $10,190.80 in
donations!
We now have three active Lifeboat 500 members including Michael Dickey
and Philippe Van Nedervelde.
New active Executive members include John Claus, Adam Dobrin, Jason
Patocka, and James W. Taylor.
New active Economy members include Stephen Fleming and Fundación
Juvinter.
Learn more about how you can join us at http://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us
RSS Feed
We now have a RSS feed at http://lifeboat.com/news/rss
Learn about what RSS is at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29
Besides the RSS feed, you can also learn what is new by going to
http://lifeboat.com/ex/whats.new or you can see the yellow table on our
main page by going to http://lifeboat.com#news
Lifeboat MySpace
Thanks to Michael Anissimov we now have a Lifeboat MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/lifeboatfoundation with 16 friends. Become a friend of our MySpace page!
Official Song
We have a new official song at http://lifeboat.com/song
(You may also be cheered up by the song at http://lifeboat.com/happy)
Digg Warriors
You can receive notices of articles for free that you might like to Digg. Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/ex/digg.warriors
Ark I
Our Ark I report has been improved with new material from Al Globus and is available at http://lifeboat.com/ex/ark_i
AsteroidShield
Our AsteroidShield report has been improved with new material from Al Globus and is available at http://lifeboat.com/ex/asteroid.shield
Space Habitats
Our Space Habitats report has been improved with new material from
Michael Anissimov and is available at http://lifeboat.com/ex/space.habitats
Let us know if you have any suggestions on improving this or other
reports.
CommPreserver
We now have a CommPreserver program at http://lifeboat.com/ex/comm.preserver. This program explores new communication technology for surviving existential events.
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
