ISO Space Manifesto
The ISO Space Manifesto is a series of diverse standards, rules, objectives, guidelines, and outlined steps that regulate the capabilities and competencies of the ISO. This document is drafted as a set of norms to ensure that all members have a comprehensive understanding of the standards and what it means to be an active or partial part of this organization.
The manifesto has been crafted by more than 300 experts in space engineering, international relations, international law, and numerous advisors from various areas encompassed by this organization. All experts, except the organizer, Francisco Santo Vera, come from the private sector, reflecting Vallejar's commitment to neutrality in the space domain.
Background
This manifesto has been developed within a timeframe of 10 days, thanks to the effort and work of over 300 experts in the relevant areas of space exploration. This collective effort involved a substantial number of people coordinating ideas, significantly contributing to the development of a space manifesto specific to ISO. It showcases the "possibilities we have as a species to control what we once considered uncontrollable." This manifesto was personally commissioned by King David II of Alhama la Nueva, seeking to represent the various challenges and goals anticipated in uniting different independent states under a common objective. It also reflects the inevitable human need to strive collectively to achieve goals set for centuries, and even millennia. This manifesto is a representation of that grand objective they aim to achieve.
Objectives and Challenges
The objectives and challenges outlined in the space manifesto are listed in descending order of importance or priority, making it easy to understand both short and long-term goals of ISO. These objectives and challenges are articulated to visually design the necessary steps in the race and competition within space efforts to improve technologies, international relations, reduce pollution and hazards related to space technologies, prioritize safety, establish equity in the space market to avoid unjust competition, and maximize the profitability of space activities, among several other goals.
The challenges are closely examined due to their importance and the need to eliminate obstacles hindering activities in this domain or violating international space laws. They also aim to prevent ideological differences from creating separations or obstacles in missions.
Prioritized List of Objectives
1. Create awareness about ISO and its objectives worldwide to educate people, countries, and nations about the importance of international cooperation and collaboration.
2. Ensure that all members understand the regulations and their commitments upon joining the organization.
3. Establish ISO bases and administrative buildings in the major cities of member countries to enhance rapid communication and collaboration (build a strong infrastructure).
4. Ensure close collaboration among all members, regardless of their economic capacity and potential investments in the organization.
5. Diplomatically engage all members to improve international relations and streamline communications (reduce global and regional tensions through scientific efforts and close collaboration).
6. Ensure continuous funding from various capable members and willing stakeholders to finance the association.
7. Conduct joint research and development among countries in different aerospace technologies to improve efficiency, safety, speed, reduce production costs of components and spacecraft, and minimize pollution.
8. Participate in joint missions for launching probes, satellites, and spacecraft, building an international space territory considered as an international space station with semi-permanent crew rotations every few months.
9. Advocate for the integration of all countries into cutting-edge technologies necessary for comprehensive national space development.
10. Achieve lunar landing and develop a collectively built lunar base considered as international lunar territory to expand global boundaries beyond Earth (The base would mark the beginning of civilization's expansion to the stars).
11. Concentrate resources to govern most of the Moon, making bases and settlements self-sufficient with minimal terrestrial intervention, except for the transport of personnel, essential raw materials, and missions necessary for stability.
12. After a certain degree of lunar control, allocate resources for Mars exploration, surface research, and investigate its conversion into a fully habitable planet, initiating the conquest of Mars, which will take much longer than lunar efforts.
Prioritized List of Challenges
1. ISO's financial inability to gain recognition independently.
2. Comprehensive understanding of ISO's objectives by all involved parties.
3. Differences between countries and political-economic ideologies causing separation between nations and hindering complete collaboration.
4. Lack of emphasis on space exploration.
5. Inadequate investment in necessary exploration technologies by developing countries.
6. Lack of awareness of the effects of pollution.
7. Lack of solidarity from economically capable countries to invest in developing nations.