Moon Bound Book
Greater Earth to the Moon My artwork - Greater Earth - has been selected for inclusion in Moon Gallery Foundation’s Moon Bound book, scheduled for launch aboard Astrolab’s FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover planned for delivery at the Nobile Region of the lunar south pole in late 2026. Moon Bound is a one-cubic-centimetre, hand-bound artists’ book containing 49 visual-art, poetry, and prose contributions in seven languages, all responding to the question: “How does the Moon see the Earth?” Greater Earth was selected to be in the Moon Bound Book Project Team Moon Gallery Foundation co-founders Anna Sitnikova [...]
Lunarology
“If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, he would have given man a Moon.” Krafft A. Ehricke, 1984 [1] Arthur Woods (*), May 1, 2026 Greater Earth is a region defined by the Earth’s gravitational field, which includes the Moon. The region outside Earth’s atmosphere and extending out to just beyond the Moon’s orbit, including the Earth-Moon Lagrangian points, is referred to as cislunar space and contains approximately 95% of all of humanity’s space assets. Geolunar space is the region from the Moon to the Earth-Sun Lagrangian points located 1.5 million km outwards where the Earth’s gravitational influence is counter balanced by that [...]
Art is Flying to the Moon
Die Kunst fliegt mit zum Mond by Brigitte Ulmer Published on October 9, 2026 https://www.bilanz.ch/partner-insights/schweizer-kuenstler-thematisieren-den-space/t1vdjr6 This is a translation from the original text in German: High Potential Art is Flying to the Moon Artists are involved in the exploration of space. They send art into orbit, exploring themes of power, resources, and humanity's desire for expansion. On May 22, 1993, an unmanned supply spacecraft launched into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Among the provisions, fuel, spare parts, and scientific equipment, something completely useless accompanied it: the aluminum sculpture "Cosmic Dancer" by Swiss-American artist Arthur Woods, roughly 35 centimeters [...]
Solar Power from Space
Article published by The Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW (EN/DE/FR) Author: Simon Koechlin, Monday, 07. September 2026 Interview with Arthur Woods CEO- Astrostrom GmbH and Prof. Dr Christophe Ballif, professor at EPFL and founder of the photovoltaics division at the CSEM research centre in Neuchâtel https://www.satw.ch/en/news/solar-power-from-space Image: Space-based solar power stations would generate electricity from sunlight and transmit it to Earth in the form of microwaves. ESA – A. Treuer. Space-based solar power stations could generate electricity almost round the clock and transmit it to Earth via microwaves. The individual technologies are well developed, but their interaction on a [...]
Greater Earth Energy Synergies
The Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) feasibility study funded by the European Space Agency and completed in 2023 represented an art-to-reality evolution of artworks that began with the OURS-Orbiting Unification Ring Satellite, the OUR-Space Peace Sculpture and the Millennium SEED space art projects. These orbital artworks which were designed to be deployed in orbit utilizing inflatable space technologies were continuously developed by adding space technologies and became authentic space projects. These projects have been developed by a multinational interdisciplinary collaborative team effort and are now being exhibited in art and science museums. Arthur Woods, Switzerland – CEO Astrostrom GmbH, [...]
Cosmic Stones
Will humanity’s future be a “Space Age” or a “Stone Age”? The human species has reached a pivotal point in its evolutionary history, and it appears that the moment has arrived for it to make a critical choice about its future on Earth and, consequently, about its future in the cosmos. This decision could be called the “Cosmic Choice” which conceivably is a choice that all potential spacefaring civilizations must confront at the appropriate moment in their particular history. The Cosmic Stones space art project embodies this decision in a physical and conceptual artwork that literally and artistically combines the [...]
Transforming the Fossil Fuel Age into the Space Energy Age
The Space Energy Option Humanity is at a crossroads: we must decide if we prefer to live and prosper in an energy-rich world or attempt to survive in an energy poor-one. Finding a viable solution to the impending energy and climate crises confronting humanity is urgently necessary. The fundamental causes of these interrelated issues are the many environmental and geopolitical issues associated with the continued use of fossil fuels added to the fact that these are projected to become harder to extract, to distribute, and are more conflict prone. Policies to reduce energy consumption, and inadequate measures currently being implemented [...]
Space Option Star
Humanity is facing an imminent Energy Dilemma in that the limited proven reserves of fossil fuels could reach exhaustion levels at mid-century and none of the current alternative terrestrial energy options – nuclear – wind - ground solar (PV) – can be sufficiently scaled to achieve the goal of divesting from fossil fuels by the year 2050 as is being called for by the United Nations, many governments and numerous organizations to address the Climate Emergency. Energy from space is the only near term technically feasible and scalable alternative currently available to humanity to divest from fossil fuels while meeting [...]
Enabling Peace off, with, and on Earth
The biggest obstacles to space development and to civilisation in general, are the wars over energy and other resources we are currently witnessing. The current period of shared prosperity, built upon and supported by a reliable global supply of fossil fuels is coming to an end. Today, more than two-thirds of the world’s traded fossil fuels comes from countries affected by war, sanctions, or blockades. This has made fossil fuel supplies increasingly limited and fragile, with a constant risk of further disruption. At the same time, easily available oil and mineral reserves are being depleted, economies are weak, debt is [...]
The Space Option
The Space Option is about humanity making the right choice at the right time. Space visionaries and pioneers long ago quietly and consequently developed both the scientific rationale and the technological concepts to open the space frontier. Upon these works is the development of a concept called The Space Option and, because this option offers humanity the most “optimistic” pathway to sustainability and prosperity, it is a choice humanity will most likely make in order to maintain its well-being and insure its ultimate survival. The Space Option concept has a dual origin. It follows from the search [...]
Greater Earth to the Moon My artwork - Greater Earth - has been selected for inclusion in Moon Gallery Foundation’s Moon Bound book, scheduled for launch aboard Astrolab’s FLIP [...]
“If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, he would have given man a Moon.” Krafft A. Ehricke, 1984 [1] Arthur Woods (*), May 1, 2026 Greater Earth is [...]
Die Kunst fliegt mit zum Mond by Brigitte Ulmer Published on October 9, 2026 https://www.bilanz.ch/partner-insights/schweizer-kuenstler-thematisieren-den-space/t1vdjr6 This is a translation from the original text in German: High Potential Art is Flying [...]
Article published by The Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW (EN/DE/FR) Author: Simon Koechlin, Monday, 07. September 2026 Interview with Arthur Woods CEO- Astrostrom GmbH and Prof. Dr Christophe Ballif, [...]
The Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) feasibility study funded by the European Space Agency and completed in 2023 represented an art-to-reality evolution of artworks that began with the OURS-Orbiting [...]
Will humanity’s future be a “Space Age” or a “Stone Age”? The human species has reached a pivotal point in its evolutionary history, and it appears that the moment has [...]
The Space Energy Option Humanity is at a crossroads: we must decide if we prefer to live and prosper in an energy-rich world or attempt to survive in an energy [...]
Humanity is facing an imminent Energy Dilemma in that the limited proven reserves of fossil fuels could reach exhaustion levels at mid-century and none of the current alternative terrestrial energy [...]
The biggest obstacles to space development and to civilisation in general, are the wars over energy and other resources we are currently witnessing. The current period of shared prosperity, built [...]
The Space Option is about humanity making the right choice at the right time. Space visionaries and pioneers long ago quietly and consequently developed both the scientific [...]
