(Volume 101, Science and Technology Series,
Space Access and Utilization Beyond 2000)
FOREWORD vii
INTRODUCTION 1
Future Space Access and Utilization (AAS 00-275), Daniel S. Goldin 3
LOW-COST ACCESS TO SPACE 7
Reusable Launch Vehicles (AAS 00-276), William A. Gaubatz 9
A Japanese Perspective of Research and Development of Reusable Rockets (AAS 00-277), Makoto Nagatomo 31
Japanese Activities for Space Transportation System Beyond 2000 (AAS 00-278), Shigeaki Nomura 41
Advanced Concepts for Space Access at NASA (see paper AAS 00-279, pp. 59-92)
Russian Plans for Space Access Beyond 2000 (see paper AAS 00-282, pp. 109-126)
Space Access Program at the U.S. Air Force Space Command (see paper AAS 00-284, pp. 133-143)
COMMERCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF SPACE 57
Technology Strategies that May Enable Affordable Human Exploration and New Space Industries in the 21st Century (AAS 00-279), John C. Mankins 59
Sampling The Solar System (AAS 00-280), Edward C. Stone 93
The ESA Science Program at the Opening of the 21st Century (AAS 00-281), R. M. Bonnet 101
Russian Space Science Program (AAS 00-282), Alexander Boyarchuk, Boris Shustov 109
The Future Plan of Space Science in Japan (AAS 00-283), Toshio Matsumoto 127
New Directions for National Security Space Programs (AAS 00-284), Simon P. Worden 133
Commercial Uses of Space in 2000-2005 (AAS 00-285), Leonard Jaffe 145
Passenger Space Travel: The Normalization of Space Activities (AAS 00-286), Patrick Collins 151
Microwave Power Supply from Space: Waiting on Low-Cost Access (AAS 00-287), Patrick Collins 159
The Business of Space – A European Perspective (AAS 00-288), P. Saunders and N. Longdon 165
ADDITIONAL ISSUES RELATED TO SPACE ACCESS 175
How to Get to Space (AAS 00-289), Jerry E. Pournelle 177
NASA Launch Systems Development: Are NASA and Commercial Requirements Compatible? (AAS 00-290), Henry Vanderbilt 185
Excerpt from Manifesto for the Frontier (AAS 00-291), Rick N. Tumlinson 189
Three Issues in Science-Related Technology (AAS 00-292), Goetz K. Oertel 199
APPENDICES 203
Publications of the American Astronautical Society 204
Advances
in the Astronautical Sciences 205
Science
and Technology Series 212
AAS
History Series 219
INDEX 221
Numerical Index 223
Author Index 224