THE KEPLER SPACE UNIVERSITY and KEPLER SPACE INSTITUTE

1. THE KEPLER SPACE UNIVERSITY and KEPLER SPACE INSTITUTE By: Provost Bob Krone, Ph.D. • June 2011

2. We Build a University Charcoal Sketch by Artist Francis de Erdeley, 1950

3. The  Kepler  Space  University  is  imagining  and sponsoring  a  "Peace  on  Earth  through  Space“ global  research  effort. The urgency of the Human Predicament and Hope of Space/Earth Peace is captured in the University's new curriculum concentrating  on  innovative  solutions  for humanity's  needs. Our Academic Vision The ISS is our Teamwork and Collaboration Model

4. THE KEPLER SPACE UNIVERSITY Leadership Vision Resources: - People - Knowledge - Funds Ethical Management For Noble Goals On Earth & in Space

5. A Powerhouse Leadership Team; Paradigm shift goals; • * FACULTYEXPERTIZE IN: Space, in Government, Industry, in Non-Profits, in Academic Doctoral Research, in Social Innovation, in Space Development, in Philosophy, in Theology, in Policy Sciences, in Technology, in Military Science, in Business, in Management, in International Organizations. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE KEPLER SPACE UNIVERSITY?

6. The Kepler Space University is dedicated to winning the race between human ethics and catastrophe. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE KEPLER SPACE UNIVERSITY?

7. Search for ideas that turn our visions into • reality for the lives of humans everywhere. • Strive for universal education by individual • choice, not by government decree. • Help public and private leadership to think • clearly and rule wisely for the common good. • Teach personal morality and social, political • and military reconstruction. • _________________________ • * Our thanks to historical scholars for these views, starting with Plato. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE KEPLER SPACE UNIVERSITY?

8. The Kepler Space University Earth and Space Sciences Academics THEORY* PRACTICE** Graduate Research Study Design Governance: Space-Earth Strategic Planning Space Sciences Business Plan 21st Century Leadership Human Behavior: Space & Society Capitalization & Investment Operational Implementation **NOTE: This is a “Business Practice Package”. Packages for other applications available. 7 Courses X 4 Units 5 Courses X 2 Units Total = 38 Unit Program

9. Moral Leadership 21st Century Leadership Weaving the Future Professors Krone & Downing Policy For What? For Whom? Public – Private? Performance Governance Values Problems Global Processes Vision Innovation Capacity to Govern Systems Historic Lessons Models Improvement Education Restructuring Power Alternatives Merit vs Opinion By Whom? For Whom? Failures Costs Ethical Values History Daily Decisions Stewardship Selecting Leaders Self Improvement Justice Evil  Mephistophelean Bargains Case Studies Standards of Conduct Principles of Religion KSU Scholar Application Kepler;s 16th C.entury Planetary Model

10. The Kepler Space University Brainpower Resource • The Beyond Earth Think Tank • 42 Space Professional Authors • 1000 Person Years of Space. • Experience – Hard & Soft Sciences. • A Global Brainpower Resource. • Future Paradigm Change Drivers • Space Resources as the solution • for U.S. and Global Dilemmas. • High Benefit/Cost Ratios for • Investors. Universe Today picked this book as one of three “Best Space Books of 2006”.

11. The Albert Schweitzer Building-to-Destroying Ratio • If , we build toward Albert Schweitzer’s Ethical • Civilization (February 1923*); • And, we integrate it into Earth’s society by 2023; • Then the Building-to-Destroying ratio will sustain human destiny on Earth and in space in perpetuity. • Albert Schweitzer created his “Philosophy of Civilization” for the restoration and progress of civilization while serving humanity in Africa. The work was first published in 1923. His conviction that “Ethics are -the essence of civilization” will forever be valid. The Kepler Space University