Let’s talk today about Lunaro Sterling Coin,which we think can lift Team PlanB, and not only us, to the moon.
If you look closely on “Space progress” in past 60-70 years, what you can see is milestones and breakthroughs were achieved by space enthusiasts like Goddard, Tsiolkovsky, Von Braun, Korolev.
Even today not many people will assign their life, and devote efforts for goals like making Mars habitable for human kind, or to build “space villages”, capable to fly to other stars.
Theoretical calculations and stipulations, can be met with low resources. But practical implementation like building controllable explosions to propel payloads into the orbit requires high resources.
At present and as it was in the last 60 years, nobody will vote — “pro”, to send chunk of money to the sky. The same chunk of money that is equivalent to building a small city.
But each action creates an opposite reaction in this universe, and such practical obstacle, as resources, century ago enthusiasts by-passed them with a smart moves.
They promised for men with chevrons on shoulders to deliver dangerous payloads to any place in the globe by simple press of a button.
This decoy in goal worked for enthusiasts. And because of that they were employed, and each minute, every moment, when men in uniform was busy with nasty toys, enthusiasts use this opportunity to reach different targets – to build bigger rocket engine, launch satellite, that left their mark in space, on the moon.
Then, enthusiasm died. “Space progress” has killed the enthusiasm as reaction to massive “action”.
Imagine: if the data from “Curiosity rover” would be available to Von Braun and Korolev. Such knowledge will deter any enthusiastic curiosity because they would see human life on mars an impossible goal.
What choice do enthusiasts have today?,At best, probably, to make a movie. As we do it now — it can be done in color, in 3D, better be by a famous film director. And the movie can be watched in Dolby, together with popcorn, or on a smart phone on the way to work. Making it perfect sustainable approach.
What else? Crowd-sourcing? On Kikstarter, only one Google Lunar XPRIZE project was funded: “to write the article about the Lunar Google XPRIZE competition”, and all other 3 technology-related projects did not reach funding level.
The National Space Agency and military will not support space enthusiasts. In the National Space agency, where enthusiasts are greeted with smile all and every time? Military is satisfied with their “status quo” – they are happy with their offset contracts and support of last century weapons technology.
Skip the business. Business is usually interested in cheap “leftover” from space technologies. Even the mining industry with a 10-20 years investment period hesitates to be involved.
It is common sense — if one wants to do something in The Space — it is just, their own problem.
It is essential to invent some independent mechanism to fund “Space devotees” to fund, what people can create outside of the earth surface.
In Team PlanB, we have made our attempt – it is Lunaro Sterling Coin.
First, it is merchandise — we can sell it the same way as we sell t-shirt.
Second, as a coin, it is valued. It is made from silver. After each 2000 prints, a new design will be made to satisfy criteria: less mintage – more numismatic value.
Third, each coin has a certificate of authenticity provided online. The person owning the coin can set anonymous authentication by himself/herself. The owner of the coin can be changed only by providing such authentication.
More importantly the coin can be used as a barter payments, for service and equipment, outside the Earth surface.
It is similar to the crowd-sourcing approach, but it also keeps doors open for other funding possibilities. Instead of shares investor can purchase coins.
Truly speaking, IT IS “Space money”.
In all regulations and laws, it is treated as merchandise. Merchandise on which taxes are paid. Merchandise that cannot can not be prohibited, in any part of the globe, to act as barter’s payments for anything not belonging to this world. It is intended to be more than just circulating money, or payment method in Space.
It is designed to lift-off the technology from the earth surface.
“Space money” that does not have national boundaries, and takes advantage on the fact that space does not belong to any national jurisdiction.
The owners of the coins have the power to decide how and at what price to sell “Lunaro Sterling”
Team PlanB is ready to share “Lunaro Sterling Coin” design and Authentication process with “Space devotees / Space enthusiasts” all over the world.
We do this because we think this is logical, innovative, effective, and cool approach to fund space enthusiasts.
What will happen if “Space devotees/ enthusiasts” fail to achieve their objectives and not reach their stars? Well, it will be nothing new in this world. However the coins, will tell the story.
