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"At an internal staff briefing last week, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy
declared the United States has a “manifest destiny to the stars”, linking this
to the need to win the “space race”.
This rhetoric is not new – it directly echoes US President Donald Trump’s
inaugural address from earlier this year.
The phrasing invokes US nationalism that’s historically been used to justify
colonial expansion and empire-building.
Language matters. How we talk about space exploration shapes the futures we
imagine and build. As two space governance specialists working together – one
non-Indigenous, one Indigenous – we see an urgent need for a different way to
view space.
An Indigenous-inspired lens can help us envision and build a future with
stewardship and shared responsibility, not competition and conquest."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics