Colonising Space/Open design making space truly accessible

Space is a difficult business. It is expensive, dangerous and everything has to be got exactly right. To overcome all these issues the only viable way forward is to make it completely Open and collaborative. The designs, plans and processes need to be totally transparent for all to see, and the opportunity for all with expertise and imagination to contribute. People contributing because they want to for mutual benefit will provide the

Making the colonisation of Space a truly global and collaborative process is an amazing opportunity to bring people and cultures together. Not a project of any one nation but a project of humanity with contributions from everywhere. The culture of openness is also a great way to start the spread of life away from Earth - it is the right attitude and the optimal way for people to co-operate and get the best out of each other.

I do not believe there is any other way it can be done. Doing it commercially is not the right basis for colonising Space and the lesser efficiency of that model over an open culture is likely to only ever make it a small-scale affair. It is due to the lack of commercial viability that no-one has left low-earth orbit since the Apollo program. But Open culture does not revolve around these notion of economic viability. Ultimately the possibility of Space colonisation is a matter of energy, material, information and intelligence. All four are in massive abundance.