THE CASE FOR SPACE WHO BENEFITS FROM EXPLORATIONS OF THE LAST FRONTIER?

Invokes most of the conventional reasons for giving public money to aerospace companies, such as technological and medical advances, and economic growth; but substitutes international cooperation for whupping the Ruskies. Also adds environmental advantages particularly remote sensing satellites to study endangered African gorillas, American tick populations, archeological sites, earthquake zones, ozone depletion, and global warming. Also cites the potential for solar power satellites for unlimited clean energy. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Mr. Hardersen is an activist in the National Space Society - a national, non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, that promotes space exploration and development. He is a writer for Final Frontier, and former president of the Iowa State Space Society where he organized the first the Mid-Continent Space Development Conference in 1992. He served aboard the aircraft carrier "USS Independence", at the Defense Information School in Indianapolis; and at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport. His email is nasa@iastate.edu