On the occasion of the Bicentennial of the
Constitution of the United States of America and
in commemoration and furtherance of its values,
we the undersigned petitioners,
Bearing witness to the exploration and inevitable
settlement of outer space;
Recognizing the universal longing for life,
liberty, equality, peace and security;
Expressing our unshakable belief in the dignity
of the individual;
Placing our trust in societies that guarantee their
members full protection of the law, due process
and equal protection under the law;
Reaffirm our faith in fundamental freedoms;
Mindful, as were our nation's founders, of the
self-evident truth that we are endowed by our
Creator with certain inalienable rights;
Recognizing the responsibility of a government
to protect the rights of the governed to exist
and evolve;
Do assert and declare in this petition the
intrinsic value of a set of First Principles for
the Governance of Outer Space Societies and,
at the beginning of this third century of nationhood
under our Constitution, resolutely urge all people
of the United Sates of America to acknowledge,
accept and apply such First Principles as hereinafter
set forth.