CONTENTS
(Volume 101, Science and Technology Series,
Space Access and Utilization Beyond 2000)
Page

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