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Commemorative T-shirts from L5 Development Group
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Monday, October 28, 2002
Boston, Massachusetts
The L5 Development Group announced today the official introduction of two
commemorative T-shirts honoring important events in space flight history. One
shirt remembers Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth,
launched 45 years ago on October 4, 1957. This anniversary passed with little
recognition beyond small groups of space enthusiasts. The second shirt draws
attention to the 30 years that have passed since Gene Cernan became the "last
man on the Moon," stepping off its surface December 14th, 1972. It calls for
a renewed human presence there, announcing "IT'S TIME TO GO BACK!"
Shirts commemorating both events are offered in either black or white, and are
now available from The L5 Development Group's gift shop on their Web site at:
http://L5Development.com/e_store/aGiftShop
"We are introducing these shirts to help increase public awareness of our
space travel heritage, and to gather support for a more active human presence
in the exploration and development of space," says Fred Koschara, President of
The L5 Development Group. The company expects the approaching Christmas
season will spread the word to a wider audience.
Mr. Koschara observes "I think most people don't realize it's been 30 years
since we went to the Moon: We get distracted by other (more immediate) things,
and forget that building a presence in space takes a broad (yet focused)
effort for a long time." While efforts such as the International Space Station
show significant progress in the right direction, The L5 Development Group
believes the only way a substantial human presence in space will be achieved
is through private enterprise working toward commercial objectives.
"Government programs may seem like a good plan where they aren't constrained
by having to return an immediate profit," explains Mr. Koschara. "However,
that's exactly the problem: Unless they have a specific national objective, as
the Apollo program did in getting to the Moon first, long-term funding is
subject to popularity polls. Such criteria make it practically impossible to
do real long range planning, as it is unknown when the budget axe will kill
the project being worked on. Ultimately, the prospect of a profit is what
leads people to invest their time and money - which is what private enterprise
is all about."
In very general terms, the private enterprise space program being promoted by
The L5 Development Group can be broken down into four steps:
- We go from the Earth to the Moon and build a minimal base there.
- The occupants of the Lunar base launch Lunar materials to L5.
- Once enough material is accumulated at L5, smelting and manufacturing
operations are set up there, and a space colony is built.
- The space colonists living at L5 build solar power satellites, which are
then dropped into geostationary orbit to beam electricity down to the
Earth, and pay for the whole thing by supplying power at very low rates,
perhaps as cheaply as ten cents per kilowatt-hour.
"We aren't getting out there by sitting around waiting for NASA to invite us,"
quips Mr. Koschara. "The only way it will happen is by getting more people
directly involved - and we're hoping our T-shirts will help make the effort
more visible." As the "Last Man" shirt points out, "IT'S TIME TO GO BACK" - to
stay, this time.
To order the commemorative T-shirts, contact The L5 Development Group using
their site's Gift Shop (as noted above) at:
http://L5Development.com/e_store/aGiftShop
For all other business matters, the company can be reached at:
The L5 Development Group
P.O. Box 15571
Boston, MA 02215
617/792-4320
http://L5Development.com
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