There is a question that everyone asks himself at least once in his life. “What will I leave behind?”. People often begin seriously thinking about it after having been on the verge of death. As for me, I had started thinking this matter over when I was struggling with a severe form of COVID-19. It resulted in soul searching, and I understood several important things.

• First, I realized that almost all modern problems of Humankind are connected with the fact that people don’t know either themselves or their place in the Universe. The COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated that without answering the question “What is a HUMAN BEING?” plenty of finds and effort, invested in the fight against diseases, do not always give the desired results. Well, are all these devices, deemed “useful”, and new principles of control, REALLY effective and useful for HUMANS?
  

• Also, I understood that the project named “Cosmic Philosophy of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky” (www.tsiolkovsky.org), which I started seven years ago as a hobby, has become the most important thing for me.

Why Tsiolkovsky?

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is known all over the world as one of the founding fathers of astronautics who developed the theory of the rocketry. These works are well-known all over the world.

But there is a great part of Tsiolkovsky ‘s heritage which few people know about. Using scientific methods, the scientist worked out a doctrine regarding the Universe and the place of the Humankind in it. Tsiolkovsky stated that he developed his theory of rocketry only as an addition to his philosophical researches.

Despite the fact that the works by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky today are already in the public domain, some results of his researches are currently unknown not only to the general public, but also to narrow specialists.

What is the difference between “living” and “lifeless”? Are there any inhabitants on our planet who are more sophisticated than a Man? What is Human? Who are Spirits? What is Soul? What is an atom?

Almost all modern problems of Humankind are connected with the fact that people don’t know either themselves or their place in the Universe. The COVID-19 pandemic has vividly illustrated that without answering the question “What is a HUMAN BEING?” plenty of finds and effort, invested in the fight against diseases, do not always give the desired results. Well, are all these devices, deemed “useful”, and new principles of control, really effective and useful for HUMANS? 

Tsiolkovsky’s articles are unique! They contain clear, simple, and at the same time exhaustive answers to these – and many more – complex questions.

The goal of the Project is to make philosophical works by this great Thinker available for a general audience completely free of charge.

For seven years, all works on the Project were carried out exclusively at my own expense. Today the site provides free access to the most complete collection of philosophical articles by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky on the Internet. Some articles were published by us for the very first time, since their contents were recognized from archival images of manuscripts or typescripts of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, which had never been published before, and converted into the text format.

What have we managed to do so far:

• 174 philosophical articles have been published;
• 21 articles were published in Russian for the first time;
• 5 audio books in Russian and 1 audio book in English have been created;
• 7 articles have been translated into English for the first time.

Unfortunately, due to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are forced to look for people, organizations or companies that are interested in our Project and who can help the Project by financing translation of philosophical works of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky into Ukrainian and/or English languages, as well as creation of audio books based on collections of his articles.

We will turn all the articles by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky translated into Ukrainian and English, into electronic books in PDF format, which will be posted on www.tsiolkovsky.org website and become available to all free of charge.

For companies, organizations or individuals who will finance translation works, we offer placing information about their company on one of the pages in each e-book. Any comments and suggestions will be considered.

I am convinced that this Project is really necessary because we constantly receive letters of thanks from researchers around the world with positive feedback on our work.

I understand that now we are going through hard times: the pandemic is still going on, people are dying… There seemingly are more important issues that require funding. But all pandemics end. A new round of Life begins. Will we and our descendants be ready for it?

I hope to find like-minded people.

I would be grateful for any help to the Project named “The Cosmic Philosophy of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky” (www.tsiolkovsky.org), as well as for comments and suggestions related to the Project.

 

Sincerely,

Mykola Krasnostup