The cover features an AI interstellar probe, beautifully illustrated by concept artist Efflam Mercier. Here is the download link:
http://i4is.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Principium_16_Feb_2017.pdf
This issue covers the following topics:
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An answer to concerns about rejuvenation-induced overpopulation from a logistical point of view.
Why do we worry about overpopulation? What’s so bad about it? Well, several things. We could have too many people with respect to the space available on Earth; too many people and not enough jobs for everyone; too many people and not sufficient resources; too many people polluting the environment beyond what it can take.
World View Enterprises, a private company that plans to sell balloon rides to the edge of space, has announced the grand opening of its new headquarters and a conjoined spaceport in Tucson, Arizona.
The new facility will soon be launching World View’s non-crewed high altitude balloons, which could provide a low-cost alternative to launching payloads into space, according to company representatives. The balloons can carry instruments and equipment that could, for example, be used to consistently observe severe weather events or natural disasters. The balloon could also carry equipment for scientific investigations, communications, remote sensing and wealth of other potential applications.
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