--INTRONAUTICAL RESEARCH-- During the course of past hundred millennia the dominant species of this planet has reached a unique level in evolution, creating the widest variety of societies and forms of government but also an intriguing spectrum of individual thought as manifestations of the species' exceptional intellectual abilities. The predecessors of current representitaves of the species have handed down a heritage consisting of a history of foulest cruelty imaginable as well as ideals and values which express the species' capability of compassion and respect to its fellow creatures. It is vital to investigate the past, present and future of this extraordinary species. In order to fully succeed, the research should include the examination of the world the species has created for itself together with the exploration of the worlds within its individual members.