March 1979 L-5 NEWS A PUBLICATION OF THE L-5 SOCIETY VOL. 4 NUMBER 3 MARCH 1979
In this issue:
1 Bound For Glory Want to go up into space? Keith Henson tells how. Jennifer L. Atkins, Ha11dy Clamo11s, by Jennifer Atkins. What's the real story Caroly11 He11so11, 2 Government Rip-Off? behind the 1978 Solar Energy Policy Forums? 11/cestis R . Obt>rg. Editorinl Staff 3 Notes on the "Great Adventure" Movie by Ken McCormich. Carolyn Henson, W illiam Weigle, 4 Space Shuttle Club of Japan by Iwao Eto. Administrative Services Roard of l >irt'ctors: DOE Moves Powersats to Front Burner Ca rolyn Henson reports l.111ac 11Ji111m• that the Department of Energy is warming up to SPS. Bnrry (;oldwatn, Sr. Hobert ti. l fri11lri11 Barbara Marx Hubbard 5 Space Policy by Ken McCormick. Representatives of business and C.ordon R. ll'nndmck industry sound off on Carter's policy. Senators Schmitt, Stevenson and Philip K. Chap111a11 Press debate the issues. A rthur Ka11truwit: Ko11rad K. /)a1111rnbrrg fa/ward H. Fi11d1. Jr. 7 Quiet Colony ]. l't•trr l'ajk jack I>. Salmon 8 The New Space Program Philip K. Chapman discusses the space llarla11 Smith program in the perspective of the future of humankind. Norie II 11d 10 Skylab by Jennifer Atkins. An update on the falling satellite - w hat is and isn't being done. Publication office: the L -5 Society. 1060 E. Elm, Tucson, Arizo11a 12 International Satellite Industries, Inc. Launched by Carolyn 85719. Published monthly. Henson Subscription: $12.00 per year, included in dues ($20.00 per year. 13 Of Interest: students $15.00 per year). Second class postage paid al Tucson, Register Now for Princeton Conference Arizona and additional offices. Detroit L-5 Copyright © 1979 by the L ·5 L-5 at Lehigh Society. No part of this periodical may be reproduced without written consent of the L ·5 Society. Letters The opinions expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the policy of the L ·5 Society. Membership Services: L-5 Society. 1620 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85719. Telephone: 6021622-6)51. Change of address notices, undeliverable copies, orders for su bscriptions, and other mail item s are to be sent to: L·5 Society Membership Services 1620 N. Park Cover: Skyla b: Lh e abandoned ship. (See Skylab by Jennifer Atkins, page 11 of Tucson, AZ 85719 this issue). by H. Keith H enson "What should I do LO improve my place in "Sun City in the Sky." wi ll be o pen.) chances of going?" In the last four years. Other fact0rs that might have an dfcct o n Health: If yo u smoke (tobacco that is). giving perhaps 100 lectures on space your chances arc hard to change. Females quit. I) It's dangerous LO yo ur hea lth in a colonies, this is the most persistam and minority g roups probably have a space habitat. Non -smokers may ask you to question I have been asked. be 11 er chance (provided the current social smoke outside. 2) You may no t live long It's a hard question because (amo ng acti on plans rema in in effect). but sex enough to go. other obvious reasons) the a nswer depends change operatio ns and allover tawos are Otherwise stay in good shape. Get a first on who does it. For example, were the not recommended. Lots of money is aid card. Your local Red Cross offers Japanese· lO build space industries Olli of ano ther way. With enoug h money you can classes for a sma ll charge. their balance o r payments excesses. build your own space colony, but please. Hobbies: Try mountain climbing (wiLh learning Japanese and the proper way to no more bank robberies! • ropes), or skyd ivi ng. or hang gliding. drink green tea migh t be the most "Well. what can I do 10 im prove my Learn 10 fl y a light plane, or learn scuba important thing you could do. If the U.S. chances?", I hear you say. Herc's my list. diving. Occupation as a miner, fire fighter. government docs it, jo ining one or the Add what you will, or make your own. or fann er migh t substitute. armed services could be a smart move Education: Get a solid prdctical All of these have a tencla ncy to maim or (veteran preference in civil service). A knowledge 0£ e lementary physics and kill the careless (and sometimes even the private emerprise o utfit with too many chemistry. You need not be a n expert. but careful), but they do teach the importance eager job applicants might want you to be your life, and the Jives Of thOSC around )'OU of doing things righ t. Be sure to get an early stockholder. I admit to being will depend on sound judgement of qualified instruction, pay auention. a nd partial to a company doing the job. II physical and chemical effects. I think that be careful. T here is a saying in aviation. decreases the chances or job applicants for the first few years no o ne, including the "There are o ld pilots, and bold pilo ts, but (like me) having to put up with gardener and the cook. will go without a no o ld. bold pilo ts." psychologiSLS prodding us with electric college sophomore level knowledge of Miscellaneous ski lls: Learn 10 cook. If shocks while we try to solve problems these subjects. If you are not up to this you don't know how, help someone (who hunched over in the dark! The social level, consider yo ur local community docs know) to butcher a hog. You never scientist types have just too much ho ld on college or corresponde nce courses. can tell when such a skill wi ll come in the government. Anybody who can multiply three n umbers handy. In the middle or the night on a What ca uses space to be se ttled and how together can figure the lorce on a n a irlock recent business trip to Iowa, I came upon it is done makes a difference, too. Your door. someone who had just run over a hog. The expertise as a turbine blade machinist will Experience: Work on the Alaskan gas highway patrol to ld the guy who had run be of li11le avail if solar cells turn out to be pipeline, or spend a winter at McMurdo over the hog that he couldn't leave it there, the power gcnerdtion method or choice for sound in Antarlica. A tour or duty o n a so I cleaned it and he took it home. (I solar power satellites. Likewise. your years Po laris submarine would be ideal. Work would have taken it, but American Airlines of research in purifyi ng and dopeing on an offshore oil rig might suHicc. or won't check a dead hog). Not only is this a semiconductors won't help much if some other really isolated p lace. Many useful skill. but you will improve your turbines arc the way to go. Even your deep years ago I put in some time with a LLQ.•• knowkdgc of phased array radar won't geoph ys ics crew in the near vacuum (7psi) And if in spite or all our efforts we end help if they bring the energy down by laser of the Peruvian Andies. I found tha t some up stuck on the ground while others go up. or tum it intoamimatterand bring it down people like isolation. some are indifferent, remember a) there's another ship next in a bag. If some massive breakthrough in and some go stark raving mad! Find out. month, a nd b) until the hielding is up. the fus i o n makes S PS un a 11racti ve, It's embarassing, no t to mentio n bitter wind of a solar flare can blow out manufacturing p lanetary su nshades (to expensive, to be shipped back. (If you don't their candles. compensate for waste hea t) or illiminators like isola tion, wait till the second or third (lo ward orr an ice age) may be the requisite group goes up. By then Lhe discoLhequc skills. You are just going to have 10 keep up on developments. ..That's Lazcrus Long Quotient. sec page or course, if it takes 50 years, and no 265 - page 248 paperback - in T ime longevi ty breakthro ughs arc made, about •sec "Far Out Crime," L-5 News, Sept. Enough for Love by L-5 Director Robcn all we can do is save up to buy a retirement 1978 A. Heinlein. Govemment Rip-Off? Were the 1978 Solar Energy Policy Forums merely misrepresentations that swindled taxpayers out of millions of dollars? Why was testimony concerning SPS ignored zn the government summaries of the forums? Why the huge discrepencies in the attendance reported in government statistics and attendance counted by eyewitnesses? Why did the "broad spectrum" of public opinion reported by the government turn out to mainly include those who favor decentralization and "do-it-yourself" renewable energy systems? By ] ennifer Atkins On Sun Day. May 3. 1978. Pn:sident mailing lists. DOE used lists provided by a conmw1 10 provide a id to the· regional Caner announced a Domcstit Policy the National Solar I lcating and Cooling DOE offices in the form of rl'commcnding Rl'\'ic:w of Solar Energy. T he: goals o f thi ~ Information C:c11u:1 and the Institute for "ap propriate" speakers for the forums. n·vic·,,· soumkd promising: 10 analy£c the Local Self RC'liann. They sub-contracted this to loca l groups contributions solar energy can makt'. to The National Solar Heating and that included the New Roots group in re\'it'\\' current solar problems. and 10 Cooling lnfo1 mation Center provides Bo~ton . a group that favors "decentralized, rt'tommcnd a ~trategy 10 pull together the in(ormatio n on primaril y domestic low-technology. communit)'-Controllcd t•Hon~ of private. Federal. and stall· ~enors. commercial solar hea ting and cooling solar e· nergy." and the Cascadia Regional lkpt. of Energy (DOE) Secretary James systems. It d0t·s not have any information L ibrary in Eugene, Oregon , a n R. Schll'~i n ger. Chairman of till' Review, on large scale ~o la 1 energy systems. Their envi ronmenta l group. sponsored a series of eleven fon11ns in order mailing list is derived from individuals, 10 n·rtivc commcllls on solar energy from a groups. and small manufacturers who art' The Hearings broad spectrum of the public. Transcripts interested in "soft technology" solar The hearings of each region were of tlH'Sl' forums are being assimilatt·d and energy systems. Approximately 300,000 sununarizcd in I 0 reports. The Consumer prcH·ntc:d for the P r<:side nt 's names came from lhis source. Briefing Summary #7 gives brief nm~ickration. We at L-5 arc seriously The Institute· for Local Self Reliance summaries of each or the I 0 regional h earing~ q ut•stioning the processes used 10 set up pro,·ided I 00,000 to 200.000 names. and summarizes the July 13 the·st· fo1um s. and we have reason 10 believe Although these names rc£1ect a broader Washington hearing. The Franklin that the official results of the hearings spectrum of i nterl'M~ in solar energy, the lnM itutl' and its subcontr.1ctor, the c-ontain unexplained inaccu racies. majority or views is in fa vor of the do-it Institute for Local Self-Reliance, prepared yoursclf re newable energy systems. a no ther report u nder a DOE contr.ict, A Stacked Deck To these two mailing lists, DOE added entitled The Great Adventure, dated These hearings were the responsibility 5- 10% more names rrom their own lists of October. 1978. The hearings arc also of the Dcpanment of Energy. They businesses. universities, unions and other summari1.ed in the recently completed con tracted out the publicity and n:porting small specia l divisions. movie, "Solar Energy - The Great of till' hearing to the Franklin Institute. We These mailing lis ts do not represent a Adventure." We have reason to believe that belil'w thl' publicity was designt·d to broad spectrum of the public interest in the reports of the hearings arc inaccurate. attract only a portion of the spenrum of solar energy but r.itht·r a very narrow focus Hearing Attendance? those intf'rc:sted in solar energy. In of opinions. This is also true concerning The Consumer Briefing Su mmary sta tes particular. the bias was towards those with the groups sub-contr.icted to assist that 10,000 people attended the hearings. a n ti-tech no logy, pro-decentra I ization regional DOE offi ces. The Fra nklin The Great Adventure states that 2,500 preferences. Institute, of which the National Solar attended the Boston meeting, stating, Mailing lists were used to give people Heating a nd Cooling Informatio n Center " Vi'c: may roughly conclude that between adva nce notice of the forums and is a pan , was co111 rnned to handle most of 7 .500 a nd 20,000 people came to listen or registra ti on cards for scheduling speakers. the logistics of the forums. Also. Lhe ask qul·stions." We looked at the Region I Instead of using primarily their own Institute (or Local Self Reliance was given Summary Report of their hearing, and sure 2 L-5 News, March 1979 e no ugh. th('y ('St i mate• ovc•r 2.600 a1 te nders. to uched o n i11dus1ria l pron'!>:> heat were I lo wc \'l·r. a g roup o f s ix :,ola r po wer represented . Notes on the" Great enthusiasts who w('rl' handing o ut solar What ha ppened to thl' :>Olar po wer power sa1dli1c· litt•ra1urt• a1 Fancuil 1 la ll satellite testimo n y? For c·xa mpk. in the· Adventure" Movie (site of the hearing) report Lhat Lhe vast Bosto n hearing fo ur o r th o~c pte!>l' llting majori1 r o f th(' head count wm. due to the oral testimo n y coHn·d the fo ,·or-.ible \'acatio 11i11g familic·:. \'i!>iting the histo rk a µccts o f S PS a nd o ne· o pp<> eel it. l" hil. by Ken McCormick build ing. rl'prc c·nted nearly I 0°. o f tl Hhl' gi\'ing oral The DOE has just com ple tt d a m ovie. 0 An ob:>C'l\'er fo1 1lw Anwtir:m l 11 :. titu1cof ICSLimo n y. H O\\'C\l' I. Olli) I ;, o f tlw "Solar Energy - The Great Acl\•enture," Ae1o naut i<:> a nd A:. 11 0 11autic-. n ·po rwd 50 sum ma ~ o f oral tt·M irno n y 3 u Td o n varnnt lot \'('j.~t' tabk garden). \\'c Space Shuttle Club of Japan a rt• told tha t thi:. is an l'Xllnlpil' or "appropriatt' ltThno logy." We a rt :.hown a mural paim•d by nl'ighbo1h ood teens a nd by lwao Eto arc told that thb l>ola1 p1 oject Im:. broug ht them togt·tlll'1 a nd a10 11;,C'd thl' i1 interest in The pace huttll' Tomo-no-kai (Spac t' named president of SSCJ. doing CO ll ~ ll lU tiH' thing ... Shtmlc Club o f J apa n) was for med la ~ t The mem bership fee i 3500 yen (about Eddi(' Alb1·1t 1t·nia1i.., ,,·ith ob\'io u:. a\\·e December in Tokyo. Tht' purpo~t· of SCJ SIS), and members receive a badge. a tha t th<'Sl' 1x·opk ar t· piom·t'I). is to enlighten people about tht' ll{'W space g uidebook. and a reservation ticket fot a \\'t a1t· :.hown a h )dio ponit g rt·<·nhousc era, represented by the . pace Shu11k. rwure Space Shuttk seat (which a lso acts in San Bcrna 1dino. wht·H· blat k IX'Opleare The first meeting \\'as held o n Oc·cc·mbe1 a ~ a membership card). rina ll y making gocxl with the hd p of :.olar 16, 1978 with SOITi l' t•ighty pl'O pk The address or SSCJ is: enagy. h has pro\'idn l jobs ro r them. attending . including tht• pr<·:. ~. Jitsuo 4-23-S. Eddit· Albt·rt td ls us that tlw rt· art· Kusaka, the famous :. pace a nd S< icnH' akaochiai, indu trial courm·1pan:. to these just pla in journalist and the prcsid('n t o f the Shinjuku-ku folks. and that tht·y an· just itching to get Japanese Astro nautical Socit'ly. wa ~ T okyo. 161 , JAPAN going o n ~o l ar t m·rgy. Lkautiful scenes of the Amn ican countt y:. idt• :.t ir u ~ to a patriotic frrvor a ~ Eddil' Albt•rt repeats th<· halr-u 111h:. that job' a1t· t n·a ted by th is rww industry - that with this rot ll1 Of l'rWrjn '. small backyard inwntor:. and small husim·:.smt•n finall y ha\'l' a sho t at tht· Aml'rican dn·am - that thl' go\•t· rnmt·nt will encou1 agt· comunitit·l> to small -scall' dc People often slip into thinking of Energy (DOE) was planning LO hold solar materials (see " Lunar Resources Study government agencies as single integrated power satellite expenditures to $4.6 Underway," L-5 News, May 1978) is nearly entities that act with one purpose and one million in 1979 and pare them down 10 completed. Its tentalive conclusion is that mind. Then it's easy to become confused $3.4 million in 1980. H owever, the dread Moon mines make sense if you build w hen these agencies take actions that seem Office of Management and Budget (OMB), enough powersaLs. The issue to be resolved to contradict themselves. just in case this those penny p inchers of the White House, is simply whether 5 or 50 or 500 are happens to you after reading the recently surprised Congress with a 19SO "enough". If the answer is closer to 5, then "Government Rip-Off" article earlier in powersat budget or SS million . Moon m ines, space factories and orbiting thi~ issue and then the following article Why, in spite of demands for spending ciLies would be built early in a powersat " DOE Moves Powersats to Front Burner," cutbacks, did the White Ho use decide Lo construction program. here is a reminder: DOE is staffed by many pump money into the power sa tell ite 0£ course, OMB approval of a step ped different people with just as many different program? DOE insiders say the answer is up powersat program isn 't quite the same ideas on how things shotdd be done. From simple: there's real promise in the scheme. as money already in the bank. But given the different moves that we've seen DOE DOE is also warming up to some or the the vociferous support of people such as take regarding SPS, we can safely conclude more exotic powersat options. They are RepresentaLives Fuqua and Flippo and that there is much disagreement within the studying laser energy Lransmission and are Senators Stevenson, Melcher, Schmitt, and department on this topic. - }A considering the use of extraterresLrial Goldwater, it's a cinch that Congress will resources for space manufacture of O .K. Lhe White House call for an expanded powersat components. solar power satellite program. by Carolyn Henson Over in NASA a study on the use of Just last spring the U.S. Departmem o f Moon mines as a source of powersat raw 4 L-5 News, March 1979 Space Policy Scientists, politicians and industry representatives objected to Carter's space policy in. Sen.ate hearings. / by Ken McCormick Preside nt Cartcr"s s pace po li cy were largely responsible for the success '>pace technologies offers a team of came in for som e sharp criticism at of satellite com11111nica1ions. arc lacking innovative pcuplc capable uf rapid hearings before lhc Senate Subcom with respect lo future space 5 and prc!>idcnlial scie nce advisor Frank way around. t•11mmunk:11iu ns and \\' Cath e r J'orc Press de fe nded the s pace policy put Press: Th:11's prcci!> c ly wh;i1 we ca ~tin g . public-scrvil·c s ate llit es. That':. forw:1rd by Jimmy Cnrtc r . describing it tho ught we we re doing in sc11ing 0 111 o ur true . but that's \\hat we alreaclycan do. as ·'vigorous '· and as providing a civil :.pace pn•g ram. W e laid out a l'liat po li cy directio n \\':I S i.ct years ago. · · po!> it ivc snu rec of d ircct ion .·· "The e ra frame wo rk: we l:lid o ut our goali. '>ll that Beyond th :1 1. policy which hai. :1lre:id y of ·onc -!> ho t s pcct:ic ulars · is over.·· said :.pace policy would no t develop a ~ p:trt of been :.Cl b ~ the p:tM. th e r e· ~ nothing 111 Dr. Pres:> . ··nnd the s pace prog ram will a n a nnual budgetary p rnccs ~ . That he re . This is n't a policy s tate me nt. now proceed in an · evolutio nary · procedure ''o rkcd this yc:ir bec:iusc. in Y1>u make refe re nce in he re to ma nne r. g1•ing through the -.pace budget :ind "we're getting away from the e r:i of Or. Pres:> -.aid 1h :11 s p:icc policy going throug h it s projectio n!> for the o ut unc--.ho t '>pecrncul:irs ... Wh:it " o n c-:>hot mu..,t be !>C n !>itivc 10 the "new rc:ditics of years . we u~c cl precisely the civil i. pacc -. pectaculars'? " The Apollo progra m ,,·ns econo mic and fi scal policy that mus t prog r:im d ec i s ion ~ of the Preside nt in a .., c ri c~ of missio ns . 11 had o ne :.pecilil· govern the natio n in the 1980's ... The ... c 11ing th e pri or iti c~ . in making s ure the .~o al whe n it St:lrt cd: put a ma n o n the fn r:.l' C:tblc n :11ional economy and NJ\SJ\ budget in 1hb vc r ~· 1ig l11 year wa:. Muon and re turn him safely Ill E:inh. c x is ling priorit ics " clearly d icia1c 1h:11 pro1 cctc cl 10 the g rcate ..,t exte nt po-;-.iblc. But it became a prog ram. mll a we make dwiccs... s aid Press. As W e be lieve ,,.e ha ve the fram e work. " 1 •n e- ~h111 :.pcl·tal'Ular." The expl11r:11ion rl·..,11111Tes and 111:111powe r require ments we have th e goab that you want us to 111' 1 he Moon in 1h e firs t l'll l wa~ l'or Shuttle development phase down. he have . and that this wil l he a main part or a n·omplis hc cl b y the Apollo prog ram. !>:ticl . we will have the "tle xibilil y" 10 1111r budgcrnry pnH·c clur c ~. Sky lab was no t a "one- shut innease 11r cl e nea~e !> pat·e funding Ste,·e nson: We ll . may be we ought s pectacular.·· It developed throug h lhrce k \'CI!> . 1111r_v I•• ag ree. the n. 1111 what th o ~ e goals mi:.sions a broad understanding . :i c m11 o rs Adlai Stevenson (0 -IL) and arc :111<1 get a li11l e bi1 more !>pccif'k. knowledge of what the ne w e nvironme nt Harrison Sd1111itt (R- 11\1 ) ckba1ed press Mine do n't lock ui. inw :1ny rig id ur near-Earth s pncc can provide - the on the relative 111 C' ri1~ of 1ht ir o wn space time table. They're IO-yc:1r o bjec1ivel.. all wc ig h1l cssncss. the hig h vacuum and policy bills vis-a-vi:. the Ca rter Spacl' ... ubjcct. of course. 10 :i nnual a u1l111ri1a - hig h pumping rate . the vie w of the Policy. 1i1111 and :1pprnpri:11 io n rc<111ir c m e n1~ . all Earth. the Sun. a nd the s t:irs . S teven son : I !>C n sc tlH11 this ...11bjec1 10 being 111 11vcd by the <.,peed W e now know w ha t we can d u if Adminis tratio n·s objective is rcorg anin- \dth whi<· h '' e de\•eln p the 1edrn11h1gy ,,c·rc jus t willing tn commit to -.orn c kind 1i11 n. Mudy and rc Mudy. and tha t is o ne a nd budget n1 n-.icl cra 1i11n ~. 11 f d irl'l'tio n. and that's what I don ' t '>CC 11 f the rea-.o n <, it is i. uch :1 s nrnll achiever. Sl·hmitt: I can't te ll from thi '> in thi-. policy. and I think that':. what Le t me cite . fo r example . your points (indicnting Pre s · writte n s tate me nt ) Scnatur Stevenson in hii. way and I in a bo ut the Adminis tration policy and m y whe re this country i-; he aded in -; pnce. m ine a rc trying I ll get out of the " " 11 bill. "hic h C!> Wblbhcs a s pace Dr. Press. Yo u say - a nd. I 1hink. J\ 6 L-5 News. March 1979 President's research proposal lhis year will bring research support by the Fcdcr:1I Government to an all-1imc peak in dcllated dollars. Why h:is he clone thii.'! Bec:n1se he agrees with you th:11 rcsc:m.:h. that science and technology is :1 tre me ndo us inves tment for this rnun try HI nwkc . and he is unde rtaking 111 du that. Schmilt: Dr. Press. we heard some similar !>tatcmcn1s like that in the l:ts t budget. of increases in basic r csc~1rch funding. But when it c:i mc down 10 huw much the Adminis1rntion really wa nted tho<;e things. we clidn·t sec a grca1 deal of lobbying activity he re on the Hill lo pro1cc1 tho!.e requests. I hope that we will !>CC more inte nse activity to back up lhc s tateme nts that you have just made he re in the Congress than we saw las t year. I abo hope that we can gel away from this feeling that somehow or another. "hen there· a deficit. 1h:11 all e:.pcncliturcs :ire equivalent in lhcir inflat ionary impact. They arc not. That is ju.,t economic lunacy. Now. all of those lhings that you described lhat you say arc protected in 1hb ~ca 1" s budget and have been protCl' tcd by the Adminis1ratio11 arc. again. rc prc!>c ntativc of policies that were ci.tablis hed years ago. Those arc11·1 Seit mill: ,; IV/tat Wf' arf' 111issi11g is the policy for tltf' f11/11re." policies: those arc the imple me ntation.; (photo courtesy of Charles D w111e ) of pulicic:.. The fact is. I would like to sec any1hing 11u1 of lhb document other lhan that somehow or another technology is tho!.c policies implemcn1 cd further. I a '>l:llemen1 ··"e·re going lO continue to not an in\'CS1mcn1. lhat it's something think everybody would. look al il a nd lhen maybe someday we'll added on to the budget. whe1her it's What \\C arc missing i:. the policy mal.e '>ome dcci!>iuns... This country !.pace or energy or something else. and fur the future. All that is in this can·1 afford lo lread water much longe r that we get nothing from that. i.tatemc nt tha1 we have had loday :llld 1111 lhi!. panic ular issue. It is the only thing that this tha1 wc·vc heard from lhc President is a Press: Senator. we believe we have governme nt can inve!> t in that is disrnssion of how you arc going io a program o u11ined for sp:1ce sciences de flationary. inhe rently de llationary. It rnntinue to implement pas t policic!.. and c:.plorn1ion and applic:ltion in lhe years creates new gouds and services. So. I don' t call that a policy. ahead'' hich will re1urn Ill the American what wc·rc gcuing i!.. I think. a lol of public major dividends on lhe invest cn>nomic dogma about space and about menl!. of ..ome hundred billion dollars technology ou1 of the Adminstration that Quiet Colony 11\er lhe years. which is a realistic b going to ni:tke i1 very difficult for the pnigram in term!> of the cou11 1r~'s fiscal Congress to come w any decision. What Buzzi Grate ! Chugachug a! '>talc. and which will nwint:iin leadership thi!> coun1ry need!. is a rejuvenation of Wheeze! Grind ! Bark. bark. bark! of lhi!. n:t1ion in space. our inherent American willingness to Honk ! Roar! Sl·hmitt: The return on 1ha1 invest create new things. Will space colonies be built with the mc 111 of a hundred billion dollars is every Press: I clon·1 want to argue with acous tic environment of a New York day arnuncl us. And if somebody could you on lhc basis nl' your econom ics. I subway? Although we joke about the ju:.1 fig ure lllll how lo calculate it. the ag ree with you t h:11 we have received racket of day-to-day life. there is re1urn b probably close to ~' trillion major dividends in the pas t. and that we evidence thal it damages our hearing. dollar!>. ju:.t in the period o f lime we·ve will receive ma ny more in the future . healt h and peace of mind. And al least had lh:tl ill\ e!.tment before U!.. One of the Pre idcnt's major tools in one person is already considering how to The Adminis1ra1ion·s implic:11ion is fig h1ing inna1ion is control of the design space colonies that will sound as lh:11 we·"c gotten nothing ou1 of the expenditures of the Federal Govern restful as a morning in the countryside. !>pat·e invC!>t mcnt. The Preside nt implied ment. and that·s why he s ubmitted this Hc·s Robe rt Alex Baron of Citizens for a it in his speech ~ll Ke nnedy. You·vc very tight budget. Despite those Quie te r City . and he hopes to hear from implied it he re .in this. And I have seen it restraints . these programs which we othe rs who s hare his interests. He can be in print other ways. from adminis trative have committed to will go on. will reached at P.O. Box 796. Ansonia statement!.. T he thought expressed continue. and we lwvc room for even Station. New York. NY 10023. again and again in these statements is additional progrnms in these areas. T he •The following Lwo pages may be> copied and used for membership forms. The New Space Program by Phi lip K. Chapman I tnrountgL· you 10 ocrom t· m o rt· dL'l'pl y nations. but bcciw ~e· th(· majority " ·ho lin· l'thirnl 111c·1 its of such a progra111111igh1 bL·. in\'o lvrd in the natio nal dc·bate O\'tr tlw in conditio n:> or brutal miSl'r)' an• no H O\\'C\'l'r. the m o ,·c· to wards social <'q uity goals or tlH' space program and it~ longer resigned to their rat('. l'asily can a nd p robably will trcxlc· thl' rl'll'va n n• to the present prcdininw111 of Ot•ntands ro r l'C piit y arr rapidly l'C'OllOllliC surplus or the aH1 11c•n1, tht•rt by huma nkind. bC'coming mort· bt'lligc·1t·n1. The· probkm prtT l ud i ng tlw d evclop11tl'l1 l ol rt·a I I haw i.:i\'l'n muc h thoug ht 10 thi:. is tha t the n' vol ution of risi ni.: C'xpec1a 1i o ns sol u 1i o 11 ~. subjL'Cl. bmh whik I was a :.< it·nti:.1 has coincided ,,·ith thc· l'L«ililation tha t this astronaut and since lca\'ing NASA. a nd I liulr plane t can not lo ng supply the The Space Frontier am con vin 8 L-5 News. March 1979 l '.S. halance of puyments. prons1011 of t•xc11 111g and meaningful jobs. and Life Support Workshop lilwiation o f thl' human spirit from the d<'f<'atbm now so pn·vaknt. By john J\I. Pltil/i/Js. In vie,,· of tht· promise. it is quitl' Arizona HcsN1rrlt Associatf's, Im . rt·mat kal..tk that 1ht'St'. tht• truly important In early January. a workshop was held at wastes. pollu1ion moniwring and con1rol. 11:-c:, of span·. art· curn·ntl y ren·i,·ing NASA Aml's ResC'arch Center which was and tht· 1kwlopnwn t of ron 11·olled di1n1ly kss than om· pern·nt of the ASA concerned " ·ith tht· eventual need £01 life ecosystt·m lt'<·hnology for human life hudgl'I: and the whok NASA budg('l is less support systt·m technology for laige-:.cale. suppott Wl'll' among topic:. diM· u~M·d as than onl' percent of thl' owrnll fcdcrJI long-duration spacC' missions. Entitle-cl bt·ing highl) rl'lt•\·ant to tht· p1 (':.t·n1 nn·ds budgt·t. I think 1hn.t· figures spt·ak fo1 "Guiding thC' Oc\'dopment of Con11olkd of socit•ty and dt'St'T\'ing of \11ppon for thl'lll!>l'lvl'~. Ecological Lift• Support Systems," thl' their tl·rn·Mrial applications and bl'ndits. n1C'eting focusl'd on the· need for a grm111d The· possibili1y was raised 1ha1 NASA What You Can Do basccl demonstrator [;tcility to tC's t such may bt' ahll' to work with o dtt·r agl'ncil's If you agn·e with m e· about 1ht· problems as ccosys1c·m closun·. food whid1 have· a mandate IO :.llldy and ~ignificanct· of 1lll' t'"' Space Progn1m. if rcgt·ncration from wastes, and lt)':> tt·m SuppOl l ll'M'art h in SOlll\' of lhl'!>l' topic you would like to hdp get it mo\'ing. or if safety. reliability and prc·dictability. areas. H Su< h liasons could Ix· dn·do1x·d. you ju:-t want to find 0111 more about it. I Forty promi n c nt scien t istlt wt· re· concerted dfort could he· brought to bear ha\'(' 1hrt·t· suggt·st ion:, fo1 you: assembled by workshop organitt'I, Or. on th<' prohkm of thl' n·quire·111c·n1!> foi I. \\'ritt' to yolll n·pn·sl'ntatiH·s in john Carden of 1l w Georgia h1 s1i1u1l· of human lift- support. Washing1on and urw· 1ht·111 to support a Technology, for 1hrrc clays of in1t·11 sivt· This rt·st·:u·ch question promist·:- w be vigorous. balanced. amhitiou:. and Wl'll· dr liberation. Tlw participant~ wl'rl' Onl' of Ill\' nlO:>l classical prohlt-1ns l'Vt'r funtlt·d space program. divided into six groups: human nutrition confrontl'd hy the scit•ntifir community 2. St·nd me a po~tntrd a t the L-5 addre:.:, and food pr0<·t·ssing. food production. aml om· that Illa) t·nwrgc· a:. a< 111< ial ~tudy idling m(· if you ag1t·t· that expansion into rcology. sptt·ms engineering and to t·n:.un· a nwaningful fut111t• for human :.pan· m·cds a much higlwr priorit) in o u1 modeling. wastt·-procc:,sing, and a NASA S l -5 SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP FORM (please type or print) CITY / STATE / ZIP------ AFFILIATION / TITLE OR POSITION ______(OPTIONAL) I am_ _ am not __ interested in being active locally. Phone (optional) ------ __ Please enroll me as a member of L-5 Society ($20 per year regular. $15 per year for students) A check or money order is enclosed. (Membership includes the L-5 News. the monthly magazine of the L-5 Society Subscription of $12/ year included in membership dues). L-5 S By Jennifer Atkins llere it comes! A frig htening 80 to ns The C.anadian go w rnment is lx-ing difference o r opinio ns at NASA. Hig h wo r1h o r spacecrnh is gelling read)• tocrash asked to rorgive tlw Sfi million C.os mo~ 95'1 echelo n offi chtls at the space agc·nq • ha\'l' thro ugh the Earth"5 atmosphere. At S2.5 ckan-up bill 10 theSm•il't l lnion in return publicly announced 1ha1 the So yuL-Sk}•la b billio n . it will be the most expensi\"e lig ht ro r Sovi e1 partici pation in the rescue. The 1esc u e is n o t tech n ica II y pos~ i b It-. ~ h ow ever. But \,·ill that he all? cancelled bill would be Can;ida'' I lowever, lowc·r-echelon cm ployees a t Expen s say tha t wht n Skylab rcentt rs contribution to the campaig n. NASA, who ar<' actually closer to thl' the atmosphere rt·d -hot chunks or debris project. declare privail'ly that the endeavor up lO two tons in weight co uld survive 10 U.S. Cooperation is pcrfoctly feasible. hit the ground. They wo uld be travcling:u And so it goes. The people who could a speed or a ro und 2.000 kct per sccond Angered at Soviet huma n rig hts save Skylab seem IO lx: just keeping 1hei1 no t much slo wer than the ve locity or a rirll· viola tions. the Outer administration h a~ ringers crossed and "> The 1onh American Interplanetary Society. a non-prorit 5pace o riented g ro up based in Victoria. B.C.. C4tnada. h a~ launched a worldwide "Save Skylab" campaign. TI1 e c.ampaign invo lves ge11ing cooperation between the United S1a1es. thl' Soviet Union, a nd the Uniwd Natio ns rm an international rescue eHon. The Soviets could boost Skylab into a higher o rbit, using a Soyu£ craft to renclevo us with Skylab. The docking would be no p roblem . tha nks 10 the international docking adapter developed ror the Apollo-Soyul Project in July. 1975. The Soyuz cra rt. which n o rma ll y rendezvous on a transponder. could he g uided by missio n control in Houston . The North American Interplanetary Society pro poses that 1hc nited ta1es do na te Skyla b to the United Nations while the Soviets contribute their Soyuz a nd boos1er. When the rescue is accomplished. the United Nations we>u ld have m e>wd into the realm or Interna tiona l Space with the acquisi1ion or a habitable space Apollo Commamltr T <>m Stafford aud Soyt12 Commander Aleksey /,eonot• in the platform. availablr for the use· and bencrit docking m odt1ledur111g the 1975 re11de::t1oll.f. Thisdocking adaptercould make possible a o r a ll peoples or 1he world. Soyu:: rescue of Skylab. 10 L-5 Nl·ws. Ma rch 1979 YOU can review the latest studies made by government and industry. PASSIM reprints directly from official documents to provide you with the latest in-depth information on current developments. PASSIM T M RECENT SOURCE DOCUMENTS: * Space Solar Power * Materials Processing in Space * Related Subjects PRICES PRICES ~ Microfiche ~ Mkrofic he SPACE SOLAR POWER $ $ $ --$-- 1. December 1978 De partment of Energy Satellite Power 26. 30 Sept. 1978 Lunar & P l a netary Institute Final Report System Progr am Summary ...... 16 . 50 5 . 00 --Extraterrestrial Material s Processing and Construction ...... 69 . 00 20 . 00 1978 De partment of Ener gy White Paper s on SPS a. Processing o f Lunar a nd As teroidal Materials (Advance Copies ) b . Specific Processes 2. Military Impl ications ...... • ...... 6. 4 5 3. 00 Lunar Mining Analysis 3 . Resource Requirements (Critical Mate rials , Energy a nd d . Be ne fie iation of Lunar Soils Land) ...... 17 . 70 5. 00 e . Luna r Gl ass and Ceramic Products 4 . State and Local Regula t i ons a s Appl ied to Satell ite f. Economics Power System Microwave Rece iving Antenna Facilities ...... 13 . 35 4 . 00 27 . Execu tive Summary of #26 , abov e ...... 12. 00 4. 00 5. Public Acceptance ...... 11. 70 4 . 00 6 . Financial/Management Scenarios I ...... 9. 30 3 . 00 HEALTH EFFECTS OF MICROWAVES 3. 50 7. Financial/Management Scenarios II ...... •...... 1 0 . 95 2 8 . November 1977 He a l th Aspects of Rad io Frequency & 8 . International Ag reemen ts I ...... · · ·. 12. 00 4 . 00 Microwave Exposure , Vol. I ...... 12. 00 4 . 00 43 . 05 7 . 50 9 . Inter national Agreements II ...... 29. March 1978 He alth Aspects of Rad i o Frequ e n c y & Mic r o - 10 . Centr alization/Decentral ization ...... · . · · 9. 4 5 3. 00 wave Exposure , Vol . II ...... 16 . 00 5 . 00 10. 35 3. 50 11 . Economic and Demographic Issues ...... 30. December 1978 Biological Effects of No n ion izing El ectro- 12 . Student Particip ation ...... • ...... 13. 65 4. 00 ma g n e tic Radiat ion (A Digest of Current Literature) ...... 8 .10 3 . 00 2. 50 1. 50 13 . Prospective Organizational Structures •...... 31- 35 . Program Reports On : Contr ol of Electromagnetic 7 . 50 3. 00 14 . Executive Summaries of Documents 1- 13 , above ...... Pollution of the Environment: Other SPS Doc uments 31. June 1976 ...... •...... 33 . 90 6 . 00 15 . De cember 1977 Boeing Sol a r Power Satell i t e System 32 . Ap ril 1975 ...... •...... 12. 00 4. 00 Definitio n Study . • ...... • ...... 5 . 25 2 . 00 33 . May 1974 ...... 5 . 50 2 . 00 16. March 1978 Un i versit ies Space Research Associa t ion 34 . March 1973 ...... 9 . 30 3. 00 Report of the Solar Power Satellite Task Gro up ...... 3 . 75 2 . 00 35 . December 1 971 ...... 6 . 15 3 . 00 17 . NASA Solar Power Satel lite Concept Evaluation OT HER SPACE RELATED DOCUMENTS Ac tivities Reports J u ly 1977 ...... '...... 20. 70 5 . 00 36- 37 . March 1 9 77 Full Scale User Dev e lopment Plan for the August 1 9 76 ...... 21. 00 5 . 00 STS Pilot User Development Program 18 . Oc tobe r 1 978 Sate l lite Power System--Receiving Antenna 36. Volume I - Executive Summary ...... 3. 75 1. 50 S iting Study ...... • ...... · · · · · 16 . 35 4. 50 37. Volume II - Report ...... 20 . 70 5 . 00 19. March 1977 Leg al and Economic Aspec t s of Space Solar 38. April 1975 The Economic Impact of NASA R&D Funding- Power ...... · 3.50 1. 00 Pre liminary Executive Summar y ...... 3 . 45 1. 50 20 . 21 Feb. 1979 Gener a l Dynamics Final Pr esentat ion , Lunar 39. Legis l a tive Pac kage: Fu l l Text of: ...... 1 0 . 00 3 . 00 Resources Utilization for Space Construc t ion Study 1. FY 1980 NASA Authorization Act 5. 50 (compa r es l u nar vs . earth- based SPS c o nstr uction) ...... 25. 65 2. Space Policy Act of 1979 (Senate Bill) 21. De c ember 1 5 , 1 978 JPL-Microwave Po wer Transmitting 3 . Space I ndustria lizati o n Act of 1979 (Hou se Bill) 4. 50 Array Antenna Research Project--Repor t Summary ...... 15 . 00 40. 1977 Ma nageme nt of Inte r party and Third Party Liability MATERIALS PROCESSING IN SPACE for Ro u tine Space Shu ttle Oper ations ...... 3 . 00 1. 00 41. 1978 Space Law for Business Planners ...... 3. 00 1. 00 22 . 1979 NASA and American Bus iness - - Partners in Material s 42. 1978 Report of the United Na tions Committee on The Processing in Space , A Vie w from Nonaer ospac e Industry . . . 5 . 50 3 . 00 Peaceful Uses of Oute r Space (COPUOS) ...... 6 . 00 3 . 00 23. June 1978 U.S. National Report on Materials Processing 43 . 1978 Report of the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee ...... 6 . 90 3 . 00 in Space ...... • ...... 3 . 90 1. 75 44 . 1 977 Report of the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee ...... 9. 30 4. 00 24 . May 1978 Descr iption of Experiments Sel ect ed for the 45. National Aerona u tics a nd Space Act of 1958 and Related Space Tr ansporta t i on System Ma t erial s Processing i n Leg i s l a tion as Amended throu gh December 19 7 8 ...... 27. 75 5 . 00 Space Program ...... 4 . 50 2. 00 4 6. November 1976 Inte rnational Law--The Conduct of Armed 25 . Jan. 30 , 197 9 MIT Study--Extr a t errestr ial Processing Conflic t a nd Air Operations ...... 22. 50 5 . 00 and Manu factu ring of Large Space Systems ...... 16. 50 5 . 00 47. 1978 Legal Aspects of International Space Commerce ...... 15. 00 5 . 00 NOTE: 1. 1-3 page Executive Summaries of any document can be ordered for $1.50 each. 2. Microfiche copies are on 4"x6" diazo microfiche only. Send check or money order to: PASSIM Company, 3102 Beauchamp Street, Houston, Texas 77009. 11 International Satellite Industries, Inc. Launched by Carolyn Henson " I'm the President of Skydoggle, Inc. Who's Behind ISi? We're gonna build solar power satellites out of soda straws. Can you folks tell us Who are the people who put founder of the L-5 Society. who's working on that stuff, and where we together International Satellite Ralph H. Nansen, Manager, can get some money?" Industries, Inc.? Foremost is ISi Space Solar Power Systems, " My brother's wife and I have created the President Christian 0 . Basler, Ballistic Missiles and Space C.O.S.M.0 .S. Foundation. We plan to formerl y a lawyer for Western Division, Boeing Aerospace Co. Brian T. O ' Lear y, former build the rirst space cemetery. Send your Elt-ctric, Basler is a lso a member of the ISi Board of Directors. sciemist/ascronaut, currently an contribution t0day! You are encouraged to leave a generous bequest in your will". " The other ISi directors are: extra t errestria I resources r esea r c her a t Princeton T hese are only slightly fictionalized Philip K. Chapman, a former University. versions of the letters and phone calls the scientist/astronaut; currently he is L -5 Society has received from people who solar power satellite researcher for Edward V. B. Stearns, Program range from the merely naive to the frankly Arthur D. Littl e, In c. Manager, Space Systems Division, larcenous. Needless to say, you never hear Edward R . Fi n c h , a top Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., of them in the L-5 News. international aerospace lawyer. Inc., and Executive Vice President However, Christian O. Basler and the H. Keith Henson, president of of the American Astronautical Society. staging company concept are not strangers Analog Precision. Inc. and co- to these pages. (See " Do You Sincerely Want to Become Rich," L-5 News, Dec. pitfalls can be avoided. What if powersat '77.) So we greeted with delight the news declaring dividends until some years after electricity can 't compete? If the vast that International Satellite Industries, Inc. it becomes an operating company. amounts of money can't be raised? What if (ISi) filed a registra tion statement on However, the adventurous may take a n the U. S. or another government or another March 5, 1979 with the Securities and interest in a section of the ISi prospectus private company start to build solar power Exchange Commission. That means reading " .. . the Company may give satellites first? The Callback position, if we can finally report on ISI's progress preference in its hiring of space workers to things look hopeless, is to liquidate ISi without incurring the Securities and holders of the Company's Common and distribute the assets to the Exchange Commission's wrath! Stock.'' ISi sta rted out as a pure I y academic idea. stockholders. Due to the financially The address of ISi is: Christian .0. Basler. a lawyer formerly with conservative nature of an investmen t Christian 0. Basler company, the odds are fairly good the Western Electric, presented a paper on the ISi staging company concept at the disappointed stockholders would get back 250 W. 91 th St. most of what they put in. Industria lization of Space Conference in New York, N.Y. 10025 Stock in ISi is not for those who need a San Francisco in O ct. 1977. Encouraged by dividend income. ISi has no intemions of the response he got, Basler incorporated ISi last August and plans to be selling stock by this July. According to its prospectus, ISi intends nothing less than " ... eventually to construct and sell solar power satellites ... " Why does ISi rush in where the big aerospace companies fear to tread? First, the "rush" may well be 20 years. Secondly, as a staging company ISi first accumulates CAPITAL AEQUIAEO capital by investing the mo ney it receives from sales of its stock. Only the dividends and interest from its in vestments wi ll be spent on power satellite reasearch and development. When the ISi feels it has enough of a handle on the task to make a profit building powersats, it will convert to an operating company. ISi will liquidate its TOTAL EQUITY investment portfolio and take o ut loans as needed and pour the money into construction. That assumes, of course, that a myriad of m 12 L-5 News, March 1979 Of Interest: Detroit L-5 Greater De1rnit Metropolitan area JHl\\' has its uwn local chapte r of the L-5 S11det~" We arc rnrrcntly. involved in dl'veloping a prcsenwtion based on the L-5 Slide Sho\\'. \\'hich \\'e intend to use 10 pup11luriz1: the L-5 concept in our area. Register Now for Princeton Conference We ;1rc actively looking for new ml'mhcrs. We can be contacted al: L-5 Society f11r Spal'c Colonization. c/ o B. L. Short. by Carolyn Henson ti2l> Longford. lfochester. M ichig:111 conference sponsors, can be joined by Planning to attend the Princeton Space 4806.1. Manufacturing Conference May 14-17, sending $10 or more to Box 82, Princeton, 1979? According to Barbara Evans of the N. J. 08540. SSI funds research by Space Studies Institute you'd better write Princeton physics professor G. K. O 'Neill. in early and give reasons why you should If you object to closed conferences, there . . .. . be allowed to attend. Conference space is are several courses of aclion available. . . . ~ limited and only the " top applicants" will First, you can ignore the darn things and be able to make it. (Last time lhey turned only palronize open conferences. We will Lette~. .: · ::: ~ away so many people they d idn't fill it up.) run notices in the L-5 News as these T o squeeze in, write to: conferences come up. Two good ones to Bill O 'Brian watch for are the annual meeting of the Princewn Conference Office American Astronautical Society nexl fall By now you at L-5 News have 5 Ivy Lane and the annual meeting of the American probably heard about Dr. J ohn Rather's Princeton, N. J. 08540 Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics new SPS proposal: sun-pumped laser (609) 452-337 1. next winter. powersats. My source is Tlte F(l1111d111ir111 If the Princeton people give you thumbs Second, you can write to G. K. O ' Nei ll a t CCJ111111ercial Space Reporl of Nov. I . In down , don't des pair. They have the Space Studies Institute. O 'Neill was case you don't have the information on magnanimously provided a session open respon sible for ho Iding two open hand yet. here is the gist of the new idea. to the public the morning of May 17. For conferences on space manufacturing Sunlight is collected by a mirror and details, contact the. Princeton Conference before his advisors sold him, in 1977, on brought to focus on a laser apparatus. Office. the closed conference concept. Perhaps, The laser is excited by the incoherent Following the p ublic session there will armed with your letters, he will once again sunlight and produces an infrared laser be an afternoon party for Space Studies stand up for an open conference. beam. The laser beam is modified and Institute subscribers. SSI. one of the renel'ted by a second mirror and received on Earth. Optical collec1ors on 1he Eanh ca n divert the hta1 btam directly to boilers in the steam cycle of L-5 at Lehigh conventional powerplants. The sun Errata pumped laser powcrsat may be small in Tht·rc is an L-5 Society at Lehigh size and produce about 100 megawatts of We gave the wrong zip code for the Univcr~ity whil'h is i111crcs1cd in letting energy. Such energy in small concen Niagar:1 Frontier L-5 Society. The correct a ll members of L-5 in 1he Lehigh Valley trated doses from space could be used :1ddress is 40 Kings Trail. Williamsville. krww 1>f ib existence. We arc mm· directly by industrial consumers or small New York 1422 1. l'lllllpiling an off t':llllJ>llS list of people utilities. Because of the s mall size or the In the January issue we listed the "'ho ll'ou Id Iike Ill be in formed of oll r JJO\\'ersat. the benefits or competition author of High J11 s 1ice as Terry al' ti \· i 1 ic~. In 1he ncx1 fc11· months \\' t' \\'ill among several powersat manufacturers Pournellc. The :1uthor is . of course. the ht· having a trip to 1hc National Air & should accrue: massive government well-kno\\'n author J erry Pournellc. H is Spat'l' Mu~cum. n stop at Goddard Space support and regulation could be avoided. book. H iµli J 11s1 fr<'. is a collection of Center and a trip 10 a local astronomical The sun-pumped laser powersat has stories. not a novel. <>h:-.cn·atory. Wc arc ;1 lso assisting thc obvious advantages and disadvantages In the February issue 1he intrepid Univcrsi t~"~ " Humanilics Perspct·1ivcs but overall seems preferable to the L-Ser who helped at the AAAS un Tt•d111ology" Prngram \\'ilh plans 10 micro\\'avc powcrsat. Both systems may covention is Bob Nichols. not Mike ha\'t' a s p:1cc n1luniz:11io11 course taught find a niche in the future scheme of Nichols. next .\'t•ar. lntcres1cd persons should things. Also in February. the wonderful t·1111tat'I the l'lub at 1hc fulloll'in g address: Finally. let me express my opinion article entitled "Developing Hardwa re that we should make our case with the IO Support Life on Long-Term Space L-5. t't o Peter Go ldit• people. not with the politicians. Most Missions " was written b~· Kay Ebeling. 424 Taylor S1 ree1 politicians are not leaders but followers: She is Editor of the NASA J ohnson Bc1hkhe111. PA 18015 they follow public opinion polls and Space Center Ru1111c/11p. (215) b91-h805 media hype. I don't want tax money 13 building powersats and federal bureau I hope 1ha1 you might be able to help me can populace into quickly accepting a cracy suffocating s pace development get the word out to people who would be massive and expensive SPS concept. with regulations. The high frontier is a interested in Lhc most fantastic class on This seems to be in the direct opposite concept whose time has not only come Outer Space that has ever been given. direction of current public sentiment but is many years overdue. The This summer. for the second time. Dr. which favors of decentralization of arguments in its favor are overwh elm· B.J. Bluth will present her class "Man's energy resources. If we approach this ing. If you can't sell this future full of Move Up LO the High Fromier-The problem with the idea of pushing a much hope to a world s tarving for e ne rgy and Industrializatio n and Settlement or less expensive junk collection and freedom. than you can't sell air Spact'"'. It will be given at the California reprocessing plant we could much more conditione rs in Florida. Simply raise State l lniversi1y, Nonhridge. Ca. from easily convince Congress and the public yo ur voices. humbly but persistently. June 25 to August 3. It is an advanced that there cou ld soon be a large and far and you will be heard. sociology class and ca n be taken for credit less expensive buildup of material in or audited. The class was from 9:30 to 11 :00 orbit. in which to carry on the building of Warren M erkey daily. and will be again. However, the large space structures. Gainesville. Florida classes lasted well into the afternoon many I believe that a combination of limes. When Dr. Krafft Ehricke spoke. we satellite reclamation and re-processing. had trouble letting him leave at 3:30 to and the subsequent manufacture of an As of January we opened our doors catch his plane. The outstanding speakers asteroid-capturing mass-driver or ion as a new public education center. a were a real "Who's Who in the Space powered space tug could be the fastest. growth center, on the ocean at Half \<\lorld". I'm sure many or your readers easiest. and least expensive way to help Moon Bay. on the coast of the San would be imerested and appreciate the solve our energy woes and turn a large Francisco Bay Area. opportunity to hear about this· most profit. Ir carbonaceous chond rite Until this last month, I have been a oumanding class. Quite a few of us will be asteroids could be easil y brought back to member of the L-5 Society. and I would attending for the second time. earth orbit. they could be the ultimate like very much to promote awareness of I've been a happy member or L-5 severa l mineral resource. L-5. To do a worthwhile presentation years now and rea ll y appreciate the way I think the L-5 Socie ty s hould avidly demands the slides. though. which we your magazine has grown. I'm enclosing a go after NASA support for a space junk do not have. and we would like to invite picture of my license plate. The L-5 reclamation and remanufacturing plant. an outside guest speake r to do a public euphoria leaves quite a few people a bit presentation on L-5 which we would confused. However, my future studies James Frobei11 publicize. studems are well aware of the meaning. Salina. Kansas Could you pass the word to the potential speakers and slide-showers of Shelley 0. Pearson Northern Calif., that our Center would Coordinator The American Experimental Space like to promote such a show? This will be Mentally Gifted Minor Program night Association has announced a small scale. in that we are a new center, Social Studies Dept. •· Peacestar" small satellite project. The and for such an event will probably only J ohn F. Kennedy H igh School satellite will carry one passive experi draw from the local area, which is not Granada Hills, CA ment. be about the size of a soda can and large. but I anticipate speakers working weigh about 2 pounds. It may carry a for the love. not volume. of it. tracking beacon and would be launched The admission charge would have to ''Piggyback" by a large booster. be small. to attract people. and any such Attempts to arrange payload space on charge could be split 50-50 between the both NASA Space Shuttle and the ESA speaker and our Center fo r our Ariane launcher are in progress. arrangement of the event. Th e first mission (one of ten Please pass on this offer to whom it planned) is called "Peacestar" since it may concern. underscores the community of humanity. Thank you. It will carry small desk sizes of the flags of all nations and thereby be symbolic of Jiun the family of man and the peaceful uses P. 0. Box 1058 of space. Half Moon B 14 I • L-5 News. March 1979