~ NASA Astronaut Bill Anders
Human Space Program co-founder and president, Frank White, first theorized the Overview Effect phenomenon in 1987. Now, much of the world has adopted this framework in describing our innate interconnectedness and it has helped provide astronauts with concepts and language to articulate the profound shift in worldview they experience when viewing the Earth from space and in space.
"Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from the outside, is available, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose." ~ English astronomer Fred Hoyle, 1948
Frank's book **The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution ****is considered by many to be a seminal work in the field of space exploration, making Frank one of the most influential space philosophers of our time.
A direct understanding that we live on a planet hurtling through the universe at a high rate of speed.
A surprising realization that “Spaceship Earth” has no political borders or boundaries except those we create in our own minds.
A sense that the Earth is a “fragile oasis” in a universe that is not designed to support human life.
A powerful perception that all of us are the astronauts of Spaceship Earth and “we are all in this together.”
