The Association of Autonomous Astronauts (AAA) has arrived
at the climax of its Five Year Plan. We have now successfully
established a world-wide network of local, community-based groups
dedicated to building their own spaceships.
On April 23rd 2000, which marks the fifth anniversary of the official
launch of our independent space exploration programme, the AAA
will spontaneously dissolve itself in order to initiate a new
phase of self-historification. We will enter the realm of myth,
an inspiration for the Next Generation of space explorers. Those
who wish to engage with the possibilities that open up when we
leave this world behind can now utilise the diverse experiences
of the participants in the AAA project.
The AAA evolved into a social movement that developed a complex
toolbox of techniques for exploring the new social relations that
are created by autonomous communities in space. These tools
can be used by anyone.
This is a momentous occasion for the history of human space exploration.
The AAA legacy will be the indisputable fact that the state, corporate
and military monopoly of space travel has been destroyed forever.