TABLE OF CONTENTS

Front Matter

• Frontispiece
• Figure: NASA Appropriations and Space Interest Group Formation
• Foreword by Joseph P. Allen
• Preface
• List of Acronyms
• Notes
  

PART 1:  FORMATION

Chapter 1. The Space Dream: Realized, Threatened

• Introduction
• The Early Spaceflight Organizations
• The Dream Realized
• The Dream Threatened
• Notes

Chapter 2. Conventional Responses

• Introduction
• Responding to the Cutbacks
• Applying Space Technology
• A Different Kind of Lobby
• Notes

Chapter 3. The Beginnings of the New Space Movement

• Introduction
• The Ship of Fools
• Educating the Public
• Looking Toward the Future
• The First Pro-Space Citizens Groups
  • The National Space Institute
• Subversive Ideas
• Notes

Chapter 4. The Big Idea

• Introduction
• Out of Frustration
• O'Neill's Vision
• The New Synthesis
• The Impact of O'Neill
• Legislating the High Frontier
• The Solar Power Satellite Fight
• The Space Studies Institute
• The Institute for the Social Science Study of Space
• GEOSTAR
• Summing Up
• Notes

Chapter 5. O'Neill's Children

• Introduction
• Out of the Desert
• The L-5 Society
• Other Members of the Family
• Notes

Chapter 6. The New Demographics of Space

• Introduction
• Trends
• Post-Shuttle Polls
• Categorizing the Public
• Priorities
• Space, Defense, and Science
• Correlating Knowledge and Attitudes
• What Do People Like about Space?
• Profiles of the Pro-Space Person
• Space Interest Group Profiles
• Pro-Space Geography
• The NASA Contract Factor
• The Baby Boom and Pro-Space Attitudes
• Other Evidence
• Political Characteristics
• Political Implications
• The Potential Pro-Space Constituency
• Notes

Chapter 7. Science Fiction, Science Fact, and Space

• Introduction
• Science Fiction: The Endless Journey
• Space Artists
• The Popularization of Science
• Fiction, Popularization, and the Space Movement
• Notes

Chapter 8. The Space Group Boom

• Introduction
• The Bell Surveys
• Types of Groups
• The California Phenomenon
• Fragmentation
• Attempts at Coalition
• Notes

Chapter 9. Organizing for Politics

• Introduction
• Beginnings
• The Campaign for Space
• Campaigning for the Presidency: Early Efforts
• After the 1980 Election: A Turn to the Right?
• The Citizens Advisory Council
• The American Space Foundation
• Organizing Congress
• The Staff Group
• The Caucus
• Spacepac
• The 1984 Campaign
• The Transmission Belt
• Notes

PART 2:  ISSUES

Chapter 10. Scientists, Citizens, and Space

• Introduction
• The Unveiling
• Institutional Lobbying
• Universities Space Research Association
• A Shrinking Pie
• The Exploration of the Planets, Interrupted
• The Space Telescope
• Carter and Planetary Exploration
• The Solar System Exploration Committee
• The Trauma of 1981
• The Division of Planetary Sciences and the New Activism
• The Space Science Working Group
• The Planetary Society
• Success and Failures
• Notes

Chapter 11. Eagles and Doves

• Introduction
• The Military Detour
• The New High Ground
• Defense Against Missiles
• High Frontier
• The Arms Control Response
• The New Military Detour
• Notes

Chapter 12. Space Commercialization and the New Entrepreneurs

• Introduction
• The First Commercialization
• Direct Broadcast Satellites
• Privatizing LANDSAT
• Commercial Launch Vehicles
• OTRAG
• Space Manufacturing
• Space Commercialization Gathers Momentum
• The Future of Space Commercialization
• Notes

Chapter 13. The Space Station Decision

• Introduction
• A Long History
• Citizens Respond
• The Successful Campaign
• The Year of Decision
• Post-Decision Lobbying
• Summation
• Notes

PART 3:  SUMMING UP

Chapter 14. Conclusion

• Introduction
• Causes
• The State of the Movement in 1984
• Is This a Social Movement?
• What Kinds of Interest Groups?
• Has It Made a Difference?
• Other Roles
• The Second Spaceflight Revolution
• Fault Lines
• The Hidden Agenda
• The Underground Lives
• Notes

Chapter 15. Epilogue and Future

• Introduction
• Epilogue
• The New Advocacy
• Colorado — The Next "Space State?"
• The Spread of Spaceflight
• Outlook for Space
• Ups and Downs
• The Debate Over Goals in Space
• And the Next Step After That . . .
• The Mars Underground
• The Ultimate Trip
• The Outlook for the Space Movement
• Notes

End Matter

• Appendix A:  American Space Interest Groups
• Appendix B:  The British Interplanetary Society
• Bibliography
• About the Author