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Space Activism Home Page

Last updated April 6, 1995

Contents

Current Activist Related News
Latest articles, newsletters, and press releases concerning space
development and exploration arranged by latest additions to the Space Activism Home page.
ALERT!!!
Critical events need your immediate attention and action.
Space Access Society Political Alert 3/21/95
Guidelines for Effective Activism
Instructions on how best to get involved and make a difference.
Political Contacts and Space Organizations
Links to government and congressional information as well as
Space related FAQ's.
Related Links
Links to other sites on the Internet dealing with space development
and exploration issues.
The Space Activism page is seeking as much information as possible regarding groups, organizations and initiatives involved in promoting the development and exploration of space. If you have information, or suggestions for improving this page, please forward them to jlewis@qrc.com.

ALERT!!!

We need as many people as possible writing letters to their representatives in support of space related projects. See Backgrounder: The Annual US Congressional Funding Process. (5/23/94) for a recap on how funding works on the Hill.

Get involved with the local space activists in your area. The National Space Society has chapters throughout the World. See the NSS Chapters list for contact information.

One Small Step for a Space Activist... by Allen Sherzer Volume 6 No. 2 -- March 1994
This month's column addresses what the inside game for SSTO will be this year but also what we activist outsiders can do to help things along. The X-33 program is barely started and not yet rolling. Two big dangers are that it could die from lack of funding, or be rendered impotent by weak goals and politics (both NASA and Congress). (April 10, 1995)

Draft Space Exploration Awards Act of 1995
A proposed bill for the 104th Congress that would encourage private companies to explore Mars. Please feel free to distribute this document, as long as comments are pointed back to David Anderman for incorporation in a later draft. (April 10, 1995)
The Lie of Sustainable Growth -- Message 5 of the Frontier Files

NSS Space Hotline updated March 31

Clinton Administration Claim of Budget Cuts at NASA Disputed by Grassroots Activist Organization

Space Access Society Political Alert 3/21/95

SPACE ACCESS '95 Conference April 21-23, 1995, Phoenix, AZ

Lori Garver, Executive Director and Dr. Scott Pace, Policy Committee Chairman and Senior Vice President of the National Space Society presented testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics on March 16

Space Access Update #49 3/9/95
House Space Subcommittee Nears NASA Budget Markup, Support Needed For Enough X-33 Funding To Assure Rapid Program Pace, Competitive Flyoff

Space Frontier Foundation E-Mail Essay series

NSS Space Hotline updated March 10

1996 NASA Budget Request

NSS Press Release 95-1: Space Supporters' New Year's Resolutions: A Space Program for all of Us

NASA Press Release RLV (X-33) CAN: REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE NOTICES ISSUED

Space Access Society Political Alert 12/27/94 X-33 Future-Year Budget Problem

The Lunar Resources Data Purchase Act: 1994 Final Update

Don't Leave Space Explorers Powerless Space Advocates Decry RTG Budget Cuts NSS Press Release Nov-4

Clinton Administration Puts Forward a New Space Launch Policy (FYI143)

Why you should get active:
To give you all a calibrator for what constitutes a large response on an issue like this, one House staffer on the Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee (not the appropriations subcommittee) said she was amazed at the amount of letters their office had received - they got a grand total of ten. It seems that on a low-budget item like Surveyor, anything more than half a dozen letters is considered a big response. The power of net-prompted letter-writing campaigns becomes immediately apparent. Jeff Moersch: moersch@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu

As far as possible follow the usual rules - keep it to one page, make the main point right at the start, and above all be polite -- both we and the overworked staffers who have to read these thank you. hvanderbilt@BIX.com

While the Budget season has drawn to a close, below are links to action requests and information on the major issues from the height of the past budget season. JNL

Disclaimer: This is a private project and not officially endorsed by Quantum Research Corporation. The author is solely responsible for its contents.
jlewis@qrc.com

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