One of the key objectives of the Earth Cup is to support and accelerate the goals of the L1 Project.  The L1 Project focuses on reaching a healthy equilibrium of solar radiant energy hitting the Earth to remain at temperatures equivalent to those that would be happening if the Earth was not undergoing significant increases in infrared radiant energy as a result of the Greenhouse Gasses that threatens much of life on Earth.  National governments and syndicates from around the world will use the best and most pertinent science, technologies, space industry, and economy stimulated by the Earth Cup competition to kindle the development of 100s of thousands of solar sailing deflector panels racing across an area approximately 6,000 km in diameter by 100,000 km deep.  This solar radiation deflection cloud will modulate the heat on Earth monitored and managed within the Earth’s planetary Resilience Systems using distributed collectively intelligent (DCI) grids.

Each solar sailing deflector panel will eventually be an interconnected node with 3D printed solar PV cells, computing, and communication capacities linking it within an emerging super-organized Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) system.  This SRM system composed of solar sail craft with collective intelligence mimicking the dynamics of flocks of millions of birds organized to manage the solar radiation entering the Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere supporting the needs of humanity and biodiversity.

Today, this sounds like science fiction to many.  However, the solar sailing technology has already been tested and proven feasible by NASA and Japan in space. In the years to come, it will become an essential element of keeping the temperature of the Earth within the ranges compatible with species prevalent on Earth during the past 10,000 years. The Earth Cup is being organized now to drive the innovation and collaborations necessary to lead humanity and our planet back toward a new healthy dynamic equilibrium between humanity and other elements of nature on Earth, while simultaneously expanding our reach throughout and beyond our solar system.