Educating the public concerning the benefits of space development and the advantages of the lunar strategy, and spreading public awareness of the Project itself, are vital for the success of the broad-based approach which we have embraced. This leads us to pursue several different avenues of public outreach.
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This publication is intended to help bring the Project and the ideas of lunar settlement to the attention of the interested public, & to keep them there. Everyone is invited to redistribute it, whether by handing it out, by mail, or by passing along the download link. Contributions are invited, & we mean to publish a new number as often as we have suitable material.
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Some of these can be handed out on street-corners, or placed in libraries, bookstores, coffee shops, or other favourable locations — don't forget to get permission where necessary. Others are particularly useful to accompany a display, giving people something to take away.
One useful way of attracting attention to the Project and gaining a platform for engaging the public is to set up a booth, table, or poster display at an event such as a science-fiction convention, book fair, rocketry competition, or movie premiere. The materials below are intended to assist in the use of this avenue of outreach.
The Luna Project Book Program is an outreach effort intended to spread awareness of the issues related to space development, as well as increasing the visibility of the Project. Under the Book Program, Project supporters give away copies of various books, both fiction and non-fiction, which are selected to stimulate interest in space colonization and industrialization. These books are marked with Project information, & distributed so as to maximize exposure. All the books listed are available as mass-market paperbacks, which is the format we recommend distributing, and can generally be found for US$5 or less per copy.
f = fiction, nf = non-fiction
The first two labels are intended to be placed inside Book Program give-away books. The third is meant for use in other connexions — e.g. when putting Heinlein juveniles into a Christmas toy drive, or trading miscellaneous books for Program books through a swapping service.
Luna Project merchandise has two functions. First, the proceeds help fund Project outreach activities. Second, the items themselves are generally of such a kind as to attract attention, & thus spread awareness of the Project.
At present, Project merchandise is being sold in person at events, and on eBay. Prices are listed in US dollars.
Advertising is of great importance in reaching the public. If we wish to gain public support, we must be visible. While the Project has yet to mount an advertising campaign, we do have materials which are useful for anyone who wishes to assist the effort in this manner.
The two items below are suitable for digital printing, but were prepared as pre-press files. We have sizable quantities of both on hand, printed using a metallic ink for the gold portion, which are available upon request.
The following images represent the most common sizes for use in Internet advertising. They are also suitable for forum signatures and the like.
