DRAFT: Protection from Supernovae Explosions
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:31 pm
[International Security / Strong]
THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD ASSEMBLED,
AWARE that an overwhelming majority of World Assembly civilizations are dependant on nearby Star Systems, or are otherwise located inside Galaxies, each containing on average billions of stars,
ALSO AWARE that stars undergo a life cycle, that often results at its end in a cataclysmic explosion called a Supernova,
DEFINING, for the purposes of this Resolution, supernovae as exploding stars which are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can radiate as much energy as a regular carbon-based life sustaining star could emit over its entire life span. The explosion expels much or all of a star's material at a velocity of up to a tenth the speed of light, driving a shock wave into the surrounding interstellar medium.
EXTREMELY CONCERNED the occurrence such an event, if unexpected, can completely annihilate several biospheres of innumerable nearby Star Systems, causing the deaths of up to hundreds of billions of persons, not to mention the irretrievable loss of innumerable entire civilizations,
Therefore, it is resolved:
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is hereby established; its mandate is to:
a) Track stars for accurately and scientifically predicting when stars might be approaching a supernova state, the explosions of which could cause harm to World Assembly citizens;
b) Track other naturally occurring cosmic events, such as comet impacts, which may cause mass extinctions and/or citizens’ deaths in World Assembly member Nations;
To achieve these ends, the IAU shall use star probing artifacts, such as planet or orbit-based telescopes, deploying its own or utilizing the ones already in operation in consortium with the Nations that own them;
The IAU shall issue standards for verifying if such artifacts are suitable for the successful executing of its mandate;
Star system based civilizations which do not have any such artifacts shall have the option of having them installed on the surface of its planets and/or its satellites, or placed in its orbits;
The resources for IAU's operation shall come from the World Assembly and private donations;
IMPLORES that, when as soon as sufficient evidence that a supernova event shall occur is available, space capable nations, with the help from the IAU, utilize all necessary resources to help relocate potentially endangered World Assembly civilizations to a safe location in its Galaxy, or even a nearby Galaxy, should the situation be so dire.
THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD ASSEMBLED,
AWARE that an overwhelming majority of World Assembly civilizations are dependant on nearby Star Systems, or are otherwise located inside Galaxies, each containing on average billions of stars,
ALSO AWARE that stars undergo a life cycle, that often results at its end in a cataclysmic explosion called a Supernova,
DEFINING, for the purposes of this Resolution, supernovae as exploding stars which are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can radiate as much energy as a regular carbon-based life sustaining star could emit over its entire life span. The explosion expels much or all of a star's material at a velocity of up to a tenth the speed of light, driving a shock wave into the surrounding interstellar medium.
EXTREMELY CONCERNED the occurrence such an event, if unexpected, can completely annihilate several biospheres of innumerable nearby Star Systems, causing the deaths of up to hundreds of billions of persons, not to mention the irretrievable loss of innumerable entire civilizations,
Therefore, it is resolved:
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is hereby established; its mandate is to:
a) Track stars for accurately and scientifically predicting when stars might be approaching a supernova state, the explosions of which could cause harm to World Assembly citizens;
b) Track other naturally occurring cosmic events, such as comet impacts, which may cause mass extinctions and/or citizens’ deaths in World Assembly member Nations;
To achieve these ends, the IAU shall use star probing artifacts, such as planet or orbit-based telescopes, deploying its own or utilizing the ones already in operation in consortium with the Nations that own them;
The IAU shall issue standards for verifying if such artifacts are suitable for the successful executing of its mandate;
Star system based civilizations which do not have any such artifacts shall have the option of having them installed on the surface of its planets and/or its satellites, or placed in its orbits;
The resources for IAU's operation shall come from the World Assembly and private donations;
IMPLORES that, when as soon as sufficient evidence that a supernova event shall occur is available, space capable nations, with the help from the IAU, utilize all necessary resources to help relocate potentially endangered World Assembly civilizations to a safe location in its Galaxy, or even a nearby Galaxy, should the situation be so dire.