r/FutureWhatIf • • 5h ago

Political/Financial [FWI] NOTHING happens/is upended between Election Day and January.

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r/FutureWhatIf • • 11h ago

Science/Space [FWI] Psychoanalysts group Artemis Accords members by Jungian archetype.

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Artemis Accords signatories by Jungian archetype

All 76 current signatories (per NASA, last updated Oct 7, 2026) are sorted into 11 Jungian archetypes by what each country actually brings to lunar exploration; the Everyman is the largest group at 13, and only two nations, Thailand and Senegal, fit the Outlaw.

At a glance

Archetype Count Defining contribution
Everyman 13 Steady membership: signs, hosts payloads, follows norms
Innocent 9 Idealistic newcomers and microstates with nascent programs
Caregiver 8 Earth observation, disaster response, development
Explorer 8 Spaceports, remote terrain, observatories
Hero 6 Landed, launched or flown crews beyond Earth orbit
Creator 6 Flight hardware and industrial supply chains
Sage 6 Science, data and research institutions
Magician 6 NewSpace, small-sat and digital-state innovation
Lover 7 Alliance-building and diplomatic bridging
Ruler 5 Law-making, funding and program steering
Outlaw 2 Hedging between the Accords and China's ILRS

The Jester has no clear fit, so it is left empty.

Ruler (5)

These nations set rules and steer money and program direction.

Country Signed What they bring
United States Oct 13, 2020 Founder and steward with the State Department; SLS and Orion, the crewed Artemis II flight (Apr 2026), HLS landers and the planned south-pole Moon Base
United Kingdom Oct 13, 2020 Founding signatory; strong in national space licensing and regulation
Luxembourg Oct 13, 2020 Founding signatory; early national space-resources law and investment fund
France Jun 7, 2022 Signed on the 60th anniversary of its space program; CNES and Europe's launch anchor
Saudi Arabia Jul 14, 2022 Saudi Space Commission; heavy state funding; fourth Middle Eastern signatory

Hero (6)

These nations have flown crews, landed on the Moon or built the launchers to try.

Country Signed What they bring
Canada Oct 13, 2020 Jeremy Hansen flew on Artemis II; Canadarm3 for Gateway, now paused
Japan Oct 13, 2020 Pressurized lunar rover with a seat on a landing mission; lunar landing demonstrated in 2024
South Korea May 24, 2021 Danuri lunar orbiter and the Nuri launcher
Israel Jan 26, 2022 Beresheet, an early privately built lunar lander attempt (crashed 2019)
India Jun 22, 2023 Chandrayaan-3 south-polar-region landing (2023); signed during Modi's state visit
Türkiye Aug 31, 2026 First Turkish astronaut on the ISS and the Türksat 6A satellite; hosts IAC 2026

Creator (6)

These nations build flight hardware and industrial supply chains.

Country Signed What they bring
Italy Oct 13, 2020 Multi-Purpose Habitation module agreement with NASA via ASI; co-chaired the 2024 Principals' Meeting in Milan
United Arab Emirates Oct 13, 2020 Gateway crew and science airlock (Gateway paused Mar 2026); hosted a May 2025 Accords workshop
Czech Republic May 3, 2023 ESA member with an instrument and electronics supply chain; signed by its foreign minister
Spain May 30, 2023 Industrial base and the reusable-launcher developer PLD Space
Argentina Jul 27, 2023 INVAP-built satellites and radar through CONAE
Germany Sep 14, 2023 DLR-led; builder of Orion's European Service Module through ESA

Explorer (8)

These nations offer frontier geography: spaceports, remote terrain and dark skies.

Country Signed What they bring
Australia Oct 13, 2020 Founding signatory; focused on bringing in new Indo-Pacific signatories
New Zealand May 31, 2021 Rocket Lab's Mahia launch site
Brazil Jun 15, 2021 First Latin American signer; Alcântara launch center
Iceland Oct 10, 2023 Lunar-analog volcanic terrain
Sweden Apr 16, 2024 Esrange launch and tracking site in the Arctic
Chile Oct 25, 2024 Atacama Desert observatories
Norway May 15, 2025 Andøya spaceport
Oman Jan 26, 2026 Etlaq spaceport, which has attracted launcher developers such as PLD Space; signed at the Middle East Space Conference

Sage (6)

These nations contribute research institutions, instruments and data.

Country Signed What they bring
Poland Oct 26, 2021 Signed at IAC Dubai; its agency aims to develop indigenous space technology
Netherlands Nov 1, 2023 Netherlands Space Office; hosts ESA's technical center
Belgium Jan 23, 2024 Strong space-science institutes, notably in aeronomy
Switzerland Apr 15, 2024 University-led instruments and science; signed by a Federal Councillor
Denmark Nov 13, 2024 Technical-university space research and instruments
Austria Dec 11, 2024 Space-research institutes; signed alongside Panama as the 49th and 50th signatories

Magician (6)

These nations punch above their size through small satellites, software and digital government.

Country Signed What they bring
Singapore Mar 28, 2022 Trade-ministry-led; a hub for commercial space and satellite services
Lithuania May 15, 2024 Became the 40th signatory; small-satellite and laser-tech ecosystem
Estonia Oct 13, 2024 Became the 45th signatory; digital-state and software strengths
Finland Jan 21, 2025 Commercial radar small-satellite industry
Portugal Jan 11, 2026 Became the 60th signatory; Atlantic launch and small-satellite ambitions
Latvia Apr 20, 2026 Became the 62nd signatory; small-satellite and photonics niche

Everyman (13)

These nations are the dependable core: modest national programs, strong commitment to shared norms, and mostly ministry-level signings. Their value is the headcount and the norms they back, not flight hardware.

Country Signed Signing context
Mexico Dec 9, 2021 Signed by the foreign secretary
Romania Mar 1, 2022 Signed by the head of its space agency
Bulgaria Nov 9, 2023 Signed at NASA Headquarters as the 32nd signatory
Greece Feb 9, 2024 Signed by the foreign minister
Slovenia Apr 19, 2024 Joined during a cluster of spring 2024 signings
Slovakia May 30, 2024 Joined the same day as Peru
Cyprus Oct 23, 2024 Became the 46th signatory
Hungary Oct 22, 2025 Foreign minister signed beside Secretary of State Rubio
Malaysia Oct 26, 2025 Signed on the sidelines of the ASEAN summits
Ireland May 4, 2026 Signed the same day as Malta
Serbia Jul 16, 2026 Signed by the foreign minister
Albania Sep 21, 2026 Became the 73rd signatory, at NASA Headquarters
Croatia Sep 23, 2026 Signed two days after Albania

Caregiver (8)

These are mostly emerging space nations in Africa and Asia whose programs lean toward Earth observation, disaster response and development, a natural match for the Accords' emergency-assistance principle.

Country Signed Signing context
Nigeria Dec 13, 2022 One of the first two African signers, at the US-Africa Leaders Summit
Rwanda Dec 13, 2022 The other first African signer; signed by its space agency CEO
Bangladesh Apr 8, 2025 Signed by the defence secretary
Philippines Oct 27, 2025 Signed by the Philippine Space Agency's officer-in-charge in Kuala Lumpur
Botswana Jun 25, 2026 Became the 68th signatory
Mauritius Jul 17, 2026 Became the 70th signatory
Djibouti Sep 14, 2026 Signed by its ambassador in Washington
Côte d'Ivoire Sep 24, 2026 Signed by its higher-education and science minister

Lover (7)

These nations join through relationship and alliance, and several now carry the Accords' diplomacy.

Country Signed What they bring
Ukraine Nov 12, 2020 First signer after the eight founders, exactly one month later
Bahrain Mar 2, 2022 Signed by its National Space Science Agency CEO
Colombia May 10, 2022 Signed by the vice president and foreign minister
Peru May 30, 2024 Its agency director co-chairs the 2026 Principals' Meeting; hosts the 2026 workshop
Armenia Jun 12, 2024 Became the 43rd signatory
Jordan Apr 23, 2026 Became the 63rd signatory, at NASA Headquarters
Morocco Apr 29, 2026 Signed in Rabat by the foreign minister; 64th signatory

Innocent (9)

These are microstates and nascent programs signing on principle, with little flight hardware yet. NASA says at least half of all signatories have committed some lunar payload or technology demonstration, so some may graduate.

Country Signed Signing context
Ecuador Jun 21, 2023 Became the 26th signatory; signed by the foreign minister
Angola Nov 30, 2023 Signed in a Washington ceremony
Uruguay Feb 15, 2024 Signed by the foreign minister
Dominican Republic Oct 4, 2024 Became the 44th signatory; signed by its ambassador
Panama Dec 11, 2024 Became the 49th signatory, with Austria
Liechtenstein Dec 20, 2024 Signed by its communications office director
Malta May 4, 2026 Signed the same day as Ireland
Paraguay May 7, 2026 Became the 67th signatory; signed by its space agency head
San Marino Sep 25, 2026 Became the 76th signatory, the latest confirmed

Outlaw (2)

Thailand and Senegal sit in both camps: each has also joined China's International Lunar Research Station.

Country Signed What they bring
Thailand Dec 16, 2024 First nation to join both the Accords and the ILRS; signed by its space-technology agency head
Senegal Jul 24, 2025 Second dual member; signed by its space study agency director

r/FutureWhatIf • • 13h ago

Other FWI: In the future we will have online virtual workspaces or think-tanks or brainstorm places where people will combine and gather and join much like a discord voice call with the sole purpose to not just chat and relax have fun but to build solutions and projects and companies etc

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TL;DR discord and Reddit but for making ideas come to life and building a better humanity and society in an easier and more convenient and less stressful fashion essentially exponentially increasing the speed and ease of growth


r/FutureWhatIf • • 8h ago

Political/Financial FWI: Trump announces the America Canal, a great “jobs program” to connect the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast via the Columbia River. “But only if Republicans are elected in 2026!” is the condition.

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