The Apollo Foundation is a hypothetical non-profit that would focus on building the groundwork for a spacefaring human civilization. My dream is to start this one day with my own money and that of other supporters. Always looking for feedback!

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The Apollo Foundation
Laying the groundwork for a
spacefaring civilization

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Spacefaring (adj.)
- to be capable of and active in the art of
space travel or space transport
- to travel the planets and stars as seafaring
nations travel the oceans

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Terrestrial
Civilization
Specefaring
Civilization
Building a spacefaring civilization is important
Knowledge
Survivability
Resources
Our understanding of life, physics, and
meaning is limited by the geographic
scope of our civilization.
The more worlds humans occupy, the
less likely we are to be extinguished by
catastrophic events.
Places beyond our planet can provide
materials to improve
productivity, health, and happiness.

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Our mission is to…
in projects that tackle threats to a
spacefaring human civilization.Invest
a global discussion around about mitigating
species-level threats and striking out for the stars.Ignite
Integrate efforts from around the world to promote
a shared goal of a spacefaring civilization.

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Terrestrial
Civilization
Specefaring
Civilization
The path to a spacefaring civilization faces a
spectrum of threats, grouped into five categories:
Pandemic
Climate
Disruption
Extinction
Isolation
Ignorance

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Apollo’s five Task Forces strategically inject funding into
projects that cripple, mitigate, and contain these threats.
Terrestrial
Civilization
Specefaring
Civilization
Pandemic
Climate
Disruption
Extinction
Isolation
Ignorance
Health
Resilience
Clean
Energy
Planetary
Defense
Global
Workspace
Disruptive
Technology

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Task Forces
Health Resilience: A global pandemic of sufficient intensity and scope could kill
billions, potentially leading to a technological Dark Age not unlike the Middle Ages in
Europe. Our Health Resilience task force works to prevent potential pandemics and to
make populations, health systems, and human networks resistant if they should occur.
Clean Energy: Climate destabilization resulting from emissions of greenhouse gases could
cause incalculable economic, ecological, and human damage if emissions are not mitigated.
Our Clean Energy task force is focused on developing and deploying innovative low-
emissions energy technologies—at scale and across the globe.
Planetary Defense: This isn’t science fiction. A single asteroid or other near-Earth object
of sufficient size could decimate or destroy human civilization if its strikes the planet. Our
Planetary Defense task force promotes the creation of technologies to detect, deflect, and
destroy threatening near-Earth objects.
Global Workspace: Perhaps the single greatest threat to spacefaring civilization is a lack of
collaboration across the nations, cultures, religions, and socioeconomic strata of Earth. Our
Global Workspace task force works to create technologies, platforms, and dialogues that
promote widespread collaboration around humanity’s most pressing challenges.
Disruptive Technology: Any spacefaring civilization must first develop the
knowledge, technologies, and equipment that will carry it to the stars. Our Disruptive
Technology task force emphasizes groundbreaking innovation over incremental
progress, working with technological visionaries to accelerate deployment of new
solutions.

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How the Apollo Foundation works
Apollo
Institute
Apollo
Fund
Apollo
Platform
Finances projects
identified by Institute.
Solicits applications
from around the world.
Measures, tracks, and
reports project outcomes
via the Platform.
Houses research, reports, real-time
project updates and outcomes, and
other resources.
Provides an interactive online
environment for people to share,
discuss, and collaborate at no cost.
Brings together global experts to
address the five key threats.
Puts together research
and conferences for
Platform distribution.
Identifies and supports
financing priorities.
Task Forces

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We prefer projects that…
Attack several of the five key spacefaring threats.
Collaborate across disciplines, regions, and cultures.
Promote global conversation about species-level challenges.
Are scalable, replicable, and transparent.

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Health
Resilience
Clean
Energy
Planetary
Defense
Global
Workspace
Disruptive
Technology
Examples of ideal Apollo projects
A global crowdsourcing platform that brings
together researchers from around the world
to brainstorm, design, and vet asteroid
deflection technologies.

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Health
Resilience
Clean
Energy
Planetary
Defense
Global
Workspace
Disruptive
Technology
Examples of ideal Apollo projects
A renewable energy program in Africa that installs clean
energy capacity on hospitals in disease-prone areas with
poor grid reliability to reduce pollution, improve hospital
resiliency, and educate local communities.

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Health
Resilience
Clean
Energy
Planetary
Defense
Global
Workspace
Disruptive
Technology
Examples of ideal Apollo projects
An international research institute that engages a diverse
team of experts to develop new conceptual technologies
for detecting, monitoring, and mining near-Earth objects.

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Health
Resilience
Clean
Energy
Planetary
Defense
Global
Workspace
Disruptive
Technology
Examples of ideal Apollo projects
An algorithm that scans Facebook and Twitter for reports
of disease symptoms, allowing epidemiologists to identify
and track potential pandemic outbreaks.

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joe.indvik@gmail.com