I would like to revert back to the subject of technological help from higher densities for Russia. If people are not aware, the Russian space programme owes a lot to the Russian Cosmism movement. It was a philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia at the turn of the 19th century, and again, at the beginning of the 20th century. Quoting from Wikipedia:
"Cosmism entailed a broad theory of natural philosophy, combining elements of religion and ethics with a history and philosophy of the origin, evolution, and future existence of the cosmos and humankind. It combined elements from both Eastern and Western philosophic traditions as well as from the Russian Orthodox Church.
In 1881, Russian revolutionary and rocket pioneer Nikolai Kibalchich proposed an idea of pulsed rocket propulsion by combustion of explosives, which was an early precursor for Project Orion.
"Project Orion" was an interesting choice of name, especially as it was one that was picked up by the USA in a study conducted between the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA for the purpose of measuring the efficacy of a starship directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft — nuclear pulse propulsion. Currently, Orion is also the name of NASA's new exploration spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts to destinations in deep space, including an asteroid, the Moon and Mars. Why Orion hmmm....?
For more on Cosmism see: Russian cosmism - Wikipedia
However, the man who can be said in many ways to be the father of the Russian space programme was Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) was among the pioneers of theoretical space exploration and cosmonautic. In 1903, Tsiolkovsky published the first serious scientific work on space travel. His work was essentially unknown outside the Russian Empire, but inside the country it inspired further research, experimentation and the formation of the Society for Studies of Interplanetary Spaceflight. Tsiolkovsky wrote a book called "The Will of the Universe; Unknown Intelligent Forces" in which he propounded a philosophy of panpsychism. He believed humans would eventually colonize the Milky Way. His thought preceded the Space Age by several decades, and some of what he foresaw in his imagination has come into being since his death. Tsiolkovsky did not believe in traditional religious cosmology, but instead he believed in a cosmic being that governed humans. For Tsiolkovsky, this cosmic being governed humans as "marionettes, mechanical puppets, machines, movie characters", thereby adhering to a mechanical view of the universe, which he believed would be controlled in the millennia to come through the power of human science and industry. In a short article in 1933, he explicitly formulated what was later to be known as the Fermi Paradox.
Tsiolkovsky influenced later rocket scientists throughout Europe, like Wernher von Braun. Soviet search teams at Peenemünde found a German translation of a book by Tsiolkovsky of which "almost every page...was embellished by von Braun's comments and notes." Leading Soviet rocket-engine designer Valentin Glushko and rocket designer Sergey korolev studied Tsiolkovsky's works as youths and both sought to turn Tsiolkovsky's theories into reality.
For more see: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - Wikipedia
For Russian speakers see also The Will of the Universe. Unknown Intelligent Forces
What I really wish to draw to your attention though is Tsiolkovsky's "unknown intelligent forces". Tsiolkovsky was a dedicated monist who believed life existed throughout the cosmos and that we were surrounded by extra-terrestrial species far more intelligent than us. To explain why advanced extra-terrestrials had not made their presence known to us, or, more importantly, had not interfered with our evolution to raise us to their own level, Tsiolkovsky proposed that they were deliberately leaving us alone in the hope that we might develop “a new and wonderful stream of life that will renew and supplement their already perfected life” [MJF: Given what the C's have said about the Lizards' plans for us, he seems to be unerringly, if unintentionally, accurate.]
But who were these "unknown intelligent forces". According to the Ancient Aliens TV show, Tsiolkovsky spoke of communicating with higher intelligence "light beings". Who were these light beings? Could they have been the Pleiadeans? Were they STS or STO orientated? It certainly raises some interesting possibilities. If anyone knows the answer, please feel free to comment. We should probably take into account here that Tsiolkovsky was a supporter of the Russian Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power and it is hard for me at least to view these revolutionaries as being STO orientated, given what transpired.
"Cosmism entailed a broad theory of natural philosophy, combining elements of religion and ethics with a history and philosophy of the origin, evolution, and future existence of the cosmos and humankind. It combined elements from both Eastern and Western philosophic traditions as well as from the Russian Orthodox Church.
In 1881, Russian revolutionary and rocket pioneer Nikolai Kibalchich proposed an idea of pulsed rocket propulsion by combustion of explosives, which was an early precursor for Project Orion.
"Project Orion" was an interesting choice of name, especially as it was one that was picked up by the USA in a study conducted between the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA for the purpose of measuring the efficacy of a starship directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft — nuclear pulse propulsion. Currently, Orion is also the name of NASA's new exploration spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts to destinations in deep space, including an asteroid, the Moon and Mars. Why Orion hmmm....?
For more on Cosmism see: Russian cosmism - Wikipedia
However, the man who can be said in many ways to be the father of the Russian space programme was Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) was among the pioneers of theoretical space exploration and cosmonautic. In 1903, Tsiolkovsky published the first serious scientific work on space travel. His work was essentially unknown outside the Russian Empire, but inside the country it inspired further research, experimentation and the formation of the Society for Studies of Interplanetary Spaceflight. Tsiolkovsky wrote a book called "The Will of the Universe; Unknown Intelligent Forces" in which he propounded a philosophy of panpsychism. He believed humans would eventually colonize the Milky Way. His thought preceded the Space Age by several decades, and some of what he foresaw in his imagination has come into being since his death. Tsiolkovsky did not believe in traditional religious cosmology, but instead he believed in a cosmic being that governed humans. For Tsiolkovsky, this cosmic being governed humans as "marionettes, mechanical puppets, machines, movie characters", thereby adhering to a mechanical view of the universe, which he believed would be controlled in the millennia to come through the power of human science and industry. In a short article in 1933, he explicitly formulated what was later to be known as the Fermi Paradox.
Tsiolkovsky influenced later rocket scientists throughout Europe, like Wernher von Braun. Soviet search teams at Peenemünde found a German translation of a book by Tsiolkovsky of which "almost every page...was embellished by von Braun's comments and notes." Leading Soviet rocket-engine designer Valentin Glushko and rocket designer Sergey korolev studied Tsiolkovsky's works as youths and both sought to turn Tsiolkovsky's theories into reality.
For more see: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - Wikipedia
For Russian speakers see also The Will of the Universe. Unknown Intelligent Forces
What I really wish to draw to your attention though is Tsiolkovsky's "unknown intelligent forces". Tsiolkovsky was a dedicated monist who believed life existed throughout the cosmos and that we were surrounded by extra-terrestrial species far more intelligent than us. To explain why advanced extra-terrestrials had not made their presence known to us, or, more importantly, had not interfered with our evolution to raise us to their own level, Tsiolkovsky proposed that they were deliberately leaving us alone in the hope that we might develop “a new and wonderful stream of life that will renew and supplement their already perfected life” [MJF: Given what the C's have said about the Lizards' plans for us, he seems to be unerringly, if unintentionally, accurate.]
But who were these "unknown intelligent forces". According to the Ancient Aliens TV show, Tsiolkovsky spoke of communicating with higher intelligence "light beings". Who were these light beings? Could they have been the Pleiadeans? Were they STS or STO orientated? It certainly raises some interesting possibilities. If anyone knows the answer, please feel free to comment. We should probably take into account here that Tsiolkovsky was a supporter of the Russian Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power and it is hard for me at least to view these revolutionaries as being STO orientated, given what transpired.