Los Angeles, CA, January 27, 1999 – The Space Frontier Foundation, a space policy organization, called on the U.S. to endorse a recently announced Russian plan to keep the Mir space station in orbit through 2002 using private funds. Foundation President Rick Tumlinson stated: “If Russia finds commercial means to keep Mir in orbit, the…
Los Angeles, CA, November 20, 1998 – The Space Frontier Foundation praised a new plan by NASA to hand over operations of the International Space Station (ISS) to the private sector, and called for its immediate implementation. The “Commercial Development Plan for the International Space Station” recommends ISS be managed by a “non-governmental organization” to…
Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 1998 – The Space Frontier Foundation today called the upcoming flight of Senator John Glenn aboard the Space Shuttle a publicity stunt which proves that NASA has failed to open space to the American taxpayers. “Thirty-six years after sending John Glenn into orbit, NASA has finally achieved the capability to…
Los Angeles, CA, June 12, 1998 – As the Space Shuttle returns today from its “last” mission to the Russian Mir space station, the Space Frontier Foundation hailed the Shuttle-Mir program for allowing Americans to experience long term spaceflight. The Foundation also urged the Russian space agency and the international private sector to examine means…
Los Angeles, CA, June 10, 1998 – The Space Frontier Foundation today pronounced the idea of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) providing government-backed loans to builders of space vehicles “Dead On Arrival” with the American taxpayer. The space agency has publicly proposed using taxpayer funds to underwrite what could end up being billions…
Los Angeles, CA, February 5, 1998 – According to the Space Frontier Foundation, one solution to potential global warming lies buried within the newly released White House budget proposal. With little fanfare, a new “placeholder” line item in NASA’s budget could allocate $10 million over the next two years to study Space Solar Power (SSP)…
Los Angeles, CA, January 15, 1998 – The Space Frontier Foundation called the expected Friday announcement by NASA of plans to fly Senator John Glenn on the space shuttle an elitist stunt and the most expensive Congressional junket in recent memory. “This shows that NASA is still more interested in reliving its past than in…
You can’t go by James A. M. Muncy (c)1994 Space Frontier Foundation This message is the <TBD> in a series of Foundation essays designed to inform the internet public about the incredible possibilities awaiting us in space. Twenty-five years after Jamestown was settled, farmers were spreading deep into Virginia. Twenty-five years after Lewis and Clark’s…
*************OPEN THE FRONTIER************* That’s all for now This message is the 25th and last in a series of Foundation essays designed to inform the Internet public about the incredible possibilities awaiting us in space. We hope to someday have the resources to expand this series to include a number of other issues but for now…
*************OPEN THE FRONTIER************* Asteroids The Opportunity Within The Threat By Dr. George Friedman This message is the 24th in a series of Foundation essays designed to inform the Internet public about the incredible possibilities awaiting us in space. Since the days of the Apollo moon landings, advances in four previously unrelated scientific fields have combined…
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