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CARIBBEAN GOES TO SPACE

A Caribbean Region Dedicated to Lifting You to the Stars

The characterizations
mostly connected to the
Caribbean are “paradise”
and Relaxation”. The re-
gion provides a high level
of ease in a world that is
very busy and sometimes
confined within a maze of
confusing times. The “Ca-
ribbean Lounge” may be
the perfect ethos of the
region. With a bit more fu-
turistic view, why couldn’t
the Caribbean be a Space
Lounge?

The MESATIC SPACE-
LOUNGE is the idea of iden-
tifying the Caribbean as
the primary logistic service
point to be the facilitator
for persons, companies and
countries, being supported
by the trained elite service
representatives who assist
facilitating space tourism,
moon exploratory activi-
ties, Mars journeys, and be- to begin a preparation or a ments should work togeth- and representing the set al change.
yond by using the resource strategy to grow and work- er to assess how best to de- improvements and iden-
and accommodation rich ing or collaborating with velop an air and maritime tify the persons or startups The fifth and Final Carib-
context of the Caribbean different programs that ex- travel system that meets that they are presenting as bean space lounge step
and its collaborating nation ist in the region. Basically the needs of the region’s candidates to receive the could be the setting up of
partners. establishing a SWAT analy- citizens. Despite the chal- financial activation sub- a “feast for all festival” that
sis within this context, and lenges, the Caribbean’s sidy package. This would would be about identifying,
There are five steps that then from there seeing who economic future can be then be to develop activi- initiating funding programs
might be possible scenarios within the region or context made much brighter by ties in context of the space and facilitating commu-
going forward as a Carib- would be a good partner combining the talent and lounge program. As we nity service organizations
bean body that might help to grow the human skill and know-how that drives the progress towards a time of who are supporting the
to achieve the goal of be- knowledge capacity in the knowledge economy with unprecedented advance- less fortunate and home-
coming the primary Space following key areas. the practical demands of ments in the digital indus- less shelters in our region.
Lounge for the world. The today’s global service sec- tries and social convergen- By doing this we are able to
five development strate- If the Caribbean region tor to lay a strong econom- ces, we as a region have to not only give back but also
gies are to facilitate an were to become the host ic foundation for the twen- assess ourselves and begin make sure to not miss out
initial program team who for the world in becoming ty-first century,” according to define our future desired on valuable talent that can
would focus on setting up a the space lounge it would to a study called “Beyond goals. be nurtured and identified
series of action points and be important to initiate Tourism: The Future of the through these programs.
representing the scope of training and strategic in- Services Industry in the Fourthly we would consider
responsibilities for each re- vestment activities in the Caribbean” published in which international agent In conclusion the Carib-
gional partner. following areas. Working “The Caribbean Papers; A partners or organizations bean could position itself to
on and initiating processes Project on Caribbean Eco- that could be connected become the space lounge
To start with, This would that facilitate a regional nomic Governance”. to the space lounge pro- for the activities that will be
take shape by identifying fluid logistic movement be- gram to assist with the rep- developed in relation to all
persons or organizations tween islands, taking part The Space Jump industry, resentation and framing forms of space tourism, re-
within the region from the in satellite development as I like to call it, is a multi- of this Caribbean space search and development,
different regional nation programs, growing a spe- billion dollar one that does lounge strategy. The ques- the moon gate project and
groups which are for exam- cialized elite executive and not seem to want to slow tion of were should we moon related develop-
ple the Dutch Caribbean, event services program, down in its passion towards start or what should this vi- ments, and the transforma-
the French Caribbean, the developing initiatives that this future space goal. Since sion look like might be a tional vision of life on Mars
British Caribbean, the USA focuses on growing strate- 2014, more than fifty-nine thought, but what can be and life among the stars.
Caribbean, and the inde- gic agricultural specialists, nations, were in one way said is that examples can The Caribbean is the most
pendent and allied nation and finally growing aware- or another involved in the be taken from nations like suited region with all of its
groups, who would work to- ness and innovative servic- US$42,4 billion space race Curacao who some years allied partners to lead the
gether to develop this MSL- es for Artificial Intelligence and were finding ways to back started a process that charge in developing the
Program Team. (AI), robotics, holographic, accelerate that process. considered space tourism necessary conditions to lift
and nanotechnology. Thirdly we would have to as a means of national de- us into that next stage of
Secondly, this MSL- Program consider having Regional velopment. By countries in growth as a region.
Team could look at devel- “the Caribbean econo- Activation Packages. This the region positioning and
oping a MSL - Capacity Ini- mies are hampered by a would take shape by each associating themselves By Damien Richardson.q
tiative that would identify lack of intra-regional trans- country, within the region, with progressive scenarios,
which areas are significant portation, and the govern- proactively requesting it helps to stimulate region-