Space, our next frontier; Proceedings of the conference, Dallas, TX, June 7, 8, 1984
The present conference on space development encompasses space commercialization, legislative, legal, and insurance-related factors in current space programs, political aspects of space militarization and governmental control, the military future uses of space and their consequences, command and control issues arising in space, economic influences on space policy, and recent developments in space solar power generation concepts. Attention is given to public opinion surveys concerning the scientific, military, and economic uses of space, the Leasecraft orbital industrial infrastructure concept, capitalism and democracy in space development, the current status of space law on commercialization topics, the nature of Ballistic Missile Defense, the Soviet Space threat, the High Frontier concept for space defense, lunar solar power systems, solar power satellites, and the utilization of lunar resources for the reduction of lunar base construction costs. Such specific technical issues as microgravity crystal growth and directional solidification, electrophoresis operations for pharmaceuticals, and technical barriers to commercial access to space, are also noted.
- OSTI ID:
- 5563978
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8406338-
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference on space: our next frontier, Dallas, TX, USA, 7 Jun 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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