March Public Meeting | The Ethics of Space Colonisation

Join us for the March 2022 meeting of the Space Association of Australia – all welcome! 

Date: Monday, 28 March 2022
Time: 7:00 - 9:30 pm AEDT
Venue: Golden Gate Hotel, 238 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne

The Golden Gate Hotel is a COVID-19 compliant venue!

How to find us:  The Golden Gate Hotel is on the north-western corner of the intersection of Clarendon and Coventry Streets in South Melbourne. Take the stairs up to level 1 - we'll be in the Coventry Room.

Getting there:
By car: Car parking is best in Coventry Street west of Clarendon Street.
By tram: Route 12 (via Collins Street), Stop 127 (York Street, then walk south) or Stop 128 (Dorcas Street, then walk north).

Meals available: Place your meal order in the Coventry Room and have it delivered to your table - the menu can be found here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, please register to join us remotely via Zoom below or watch the live stream here on our YouTube channel, SAA.TV

The Ethics of Space Colonisation with Gordon Young of Ethilogical

Travelling to the stars has been a fascination and hope of humankind for much of our existence. With a new age of commercial space travel emerging, the question must be asked: even if we are successful, are we prepared for the even greater challenge – figuring out how to live when we have been freed from the limits of one world? Will this technological boom be matched with an equivalent renaissance of human society? Or will the dark parts of human nature come along for the ride, festering in a universe where all the old rules have been removed? How can we choose which outcome we get? This discussion will look at the intersection of the human condition and space colonisation, and analyse the risks and potential solutions.

About our speaker

Gordon Young is the principal of Ethilogical Consulting. Gordon is a lecturer in Professional Ethics with RMIT University’s prestigious School of Design.

Gordon holds a Masters of Professional and Applied Ethics from Melbourne University, and a Bachelor in Social Science: Environment from RMIT University. He is also a Fellow of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership and a member of the St James Ethics Centre, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics and Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand.