Cosmos for Humanity

The NGO for the sustainable development of space activities

Cosmos for Humanity

The NGO Cosmos for Humanity aims to raise awareness among the general public and economic actors about the sustainable development of space activities, while supporting innovative projects that address the issue of space pollution.

Our mission is to promote the sustainable development of space activities in Europe by pursuing a double objective:

To make the theme of space pollution concrete and accessible to as many people as possible: consumers, companies, political decision-makers.

Promote projects of European researchers and startups in the framework of partnerships, competitions and calls for projects.

By committing to the sound management of space pollution, Cosmos for Humanity and the Cosmos Rangers are working to protect the environment and preserve our satellite capabilities, which contribute to the monitoring of 40 climate change factors as well as to the achievement of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Our vision

If the New Space has made it legitimate for private actors to pollute Space,
it has made it equally legitimate for them to preserve it

Did you know that?

In order to avoid debris on its trajectory, the ISS is forced several times a year to modify its orbit. Without being able to dodge them all or to identify them in time. In May 2021, one of the arms of the ISS was damaged by a debris.

ESA estimates that there are currently more than 900,000 pieces of debris larger than 1cm in orbit and more than 130 million pieces of debris larger than 1mm.

Kessler syndrome is an uncontrolled chain reaction that can lead to an exponential increase in the amount of space debris orbiting the Earth. It was theorized by NASA astrophysicist Donald J. Kessler.

The 17 UN objectives and the monitoring of 40 climate change factors benefit from space and satellite capabilities .

Today, the footprint of satellites in the world economy represents nearly $10,000 billion/year. This commercialization of space has a cost: the increase in the volume of space pollution and the risk of the Kessler syndrome.

When two objects collide in space, their relative speed is on average 36,000 km/h. The debris resulting from these collisions can damage or disable satellites, which in turn will contribute to the creation of new space debris.

Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, nearly 7,500 satellites have been put into orbit, and more than 70,000 satellites could be deployed in the coming years.

Roadmap

Conceptualization

Creation of the logo with the advice of the agency Nodesign
Creation of the NGO C4H in Switzerland and France
Work on the legal viability of the project with the firm Créhange&Laux
Work on the economic viability of the project with the EM-LYON Junior Council

S2 - 2021

Assembly

Creation of the website
Recognition by the Swiss Tax Administration of the general interest of the Earth Orbit Preservation mission. C4H is authorized to issue tax receipts to its donors
Participation in the first New Space Conference in France at the invitation of the director of sustainable development of the French space agency (CNES)
First version of the C4H Whitepaper

S1 - 2022

Implementation

Partnership with CNES to promote the sustainable development of space activities in Europe
Elaboration of the conceptual bases of the "Outer Space Footprint" (OSF) in collaboration with the CNES and in consultation with economic actors directly or indirectly concerned by the problem of space pollution
Preparation of the Gitcoin GR15 in the framework of the ReFi DAO Summer Cohort

S2 - 2022

Ignition

Release of the OSF report
Finalization of the work on the C4H Charter standards
Rise of the Cosmos Rangers community and partnerships with other projects in the field of ReFi
First works concerning Aranrhod™

S1 - 2023