Robert Bigelow, the founding billionaire businessman of Bigelow Aerospace, a company specializing in the manufacture of commercial space stations, launched a call for scientists who dare to answer a question: Is there life after death?
Through the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (also created by the millionaire) a call was launched that will reward the best essays they achieve gather as much evidence as possible about the survival of human consciousness after the permanent death of the body.
Until August 1, 2021, the documents will be received, which will be evaluated by a panel of experts.
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First place will receive $ 500,000 (More than 1.7 billion pesos), the second place will get $ 300,000 (more than 1,070 million) and the third place will be given $ 150,000 (more than 538 million pesos).
To enter the competition, entrants must demonstrate that they have researched the topic of human consciousness after death for more than 5 years and register on the contest page.
Essays must be written in English and have an average of 25,000 words. In addition to the scientific evidence, testimonies from people who have witnessed a case related to the subject will also be accepted.
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The winner will be announced on November 1, 2021.
As the businessman revealed to ‘The New York Times’, he was inspired to launch the contest after the death of his wife, in 2020.
Bigelow, a fan of space science
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The 75-year-old tycoon assured him by the same means that when he was young he decided to get involved in the real estate business to make money and eventually invest it in science.
He explained that from an early age he was fascinated by outer space and everything related to UFOs.
Over time, he founded a chain of hotels and several science-oriented organizations: the National Institute for Scientific Discovery, the Bigelow Foundation, Bigelow Aerospace, and the Institute for Consciousness Studies.
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Likewise, in 2016, he made an alliance with mogul Elon Musk on a project for Space X., An aerospace manufacturing company owned by Musk.
At that time the mission was to bring an inflatable room into space, to the International Space Station. This in order to evaluate this type of structures so that in the future they can be used by tourists.
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