Editing Ground Crew Project (section)

==Ground Crew==
The "Ground Crew" refers to the virtual congregation who choose to join the mission.<ref name=Palmer2003p331/>  Members of the Ground Crew were told via the internet that at the time of the landing they would be assisting humanity and the extraterrestrials as councillors and ambassadors, respectively.<ref name=Helland2000p140/><ref name=Gruenschloss2003p25/>  Sophisticated technology would initially be used by the space forces to train the members while they slept, and this would be followed by the use of implants.  Members were encouraged to recruit as many people as possible.<ref name=Helland2000p140/>  Later, with the failure of predictions, the emphasis became more spiritual.  This obliged the Ground Crew to play a salvific role before the landing could take place.  They were asked to help raise humanity spiritually, and to assist in the [[ecological restoration]] of Mother Earth.  In fact this was a "graduation exercise" for the crew.<ref name=Helland2000p142/><ref>Palmer, Susan (2003) pp338, 342</ref>  Humanity must be gathered, for example by world meditation days, to accrue enough 'critical mass of spiritual energy' so that vibrations may be harmonised towards a peaceful future.<ref>Gruenschloss, Andreas, (2003) p24</ref>   The membership must also participate in creating a 'network of light', expand the teachings, and link with similarly positioned [[new age]] groups.<ref>Palmer, Susan (2003) p342</ref>