Black Swan is a sci-fi concept of a completely unpredictable event that seems obvious in hindsight and changes the way society thinks or acts.
Crowdsourced Astronomy is from NASA asking the public to help pour over radiotelescope images and lend some manpower to classifying stars.
Exile Guard, 40k and Starcraft both used this concept, as well as the Liir in Sword of the Stars. Put criminals in their own military divisions and send them far away from polite society.

I'll just hit the more obscure ones, Gwen.

Homestead Grants is from the frontier days of the US, pioneers were granted tracts of land if they could just get to the claim and survive there.
Comm Tower Leasing comes from AT&T policy of paying private landowners to host cellphone towers.
"Aerial Geo-Engineering" is what I've heard "Chemtrail" conspiracy theorists call what they think is going on.
Blue-To-Black and Sky-To-Space Programs come from US military branch-transfer programs where if one branch is suffering a deficit in a particular skill, they can offer incentives for another branch to fill the need.

she'll update and fix things when her computer returns from the shop

alright. going to push an an update fixing the names with the ones you provided. I'd love to know where you got the inspiration for each one.

Just by screen name is fine.

I like those names. if I use them in an update, how would you want to be credited?

Advanced Exploration Technology => Navigator Guild
Advanced Colony Ship Technology => Homestead Grants
Advanced Research Technology => Comm Tower Leasing
Advanced Planetary Shield Technology => Project Jericho
Advanced Atmosphere Technology => Aerial Geo-Engineering
Advanced Genome Technology => SPECIESNAME Genome Project
Advanced Government Technology => Bureaucrat Caste
Advanced Slavery Technology => Servitor Caste
Advanced Fleet Technology => Blue-To-Black Program
Advanced Ascension Technology => Black Swan
Advanced Weapons Technology => Military Industrial Complex
Advanced Sensor Array Technology => Crowdsourced Astronomy
Advanced Station Technology => Exile Guard
Advanced Ship Armor Technology => Welders Union
Advanced Thruster Technology => Sky-To-Space Program
Advanced Building Technology => Piledrivers Lodge

If you think you have better names for the advanced civics please share them