Only those who attempt the impossible will achieve the absurd is the catchpharse for Space 1999, a festival of independent and community-based space exploration. Kicking off on June 18th - 27th in “London, Earth”, Space 1999 looks to “explore the new possibilities that open up when we form autonomous communities in outer space.”

Or as the perky press release goes onto say: “The days of this society are numbered. Its reasons and its merits have been weighed in the balance and found wanting; its inhabitants are divided into two parties, one of which wants to build their own spaceships and leave this society behind.”

The Association of Autonomous Astronauts (AAA) was launched on April 23rd 1995 as the world’s first independent and community-based space programme. A Five Year Plan was also established for creating, by the year 2000, a world-wide network of local, community-based AAA groups dedicated to building their own spaceships. Space 1999 will form part of the AAA’s FINAL PUSH, and will bring together

Autonomous Astronauts from around the world to present various activities, including media invasions, recruitment drives and propaganda efforts. This ten day festival will also expose local communities in London to the possibilities of independent space exploration. Yeeeeha, let’s ride some rockets and shoot some stars.

http://www.deepdisc.com/space1999/