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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This volume is an outgrowth of the Symposyum on "Space Access and Utilization Beyond 2000," held in Washington, D.C. on 18 February 2000 at the annual General Assembly of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

(Extracted from the Foreword).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Foreword.

-Contents.

-Introduction.

-Future Space Access and Utilization.

-Low-Cost Access to Space.

-Reusable Launch Vehicles.
-A Japanese Perspective of Research and Development of Reusable Rockets.
-Japanese Activities for Space Transportation System Beyond 2000.

-Commercial and Scientific Exploration of Space.

-Technology Strategies that May Enable Affordable Human Exploration and New Space Industries in the 21st Century.
-Sampling the Solar System.
-The ESA Science Program at the Opening of the 21st Century.
-Russian Space Science Program.
-The Future Plan of Space Science in Japan.
-New Directions for National Security Space Programs.
-Commercial Uses of Space in 2000-2005.
-Passenger Space Travel: The Normalization of Space Activities.
-Microwave Power Supply from Space: Waiting on Low-Cost Access.
-The Business of Space - A European Perspective.

-Additional Issues Related to Space Access.

-How to Get to Space.
-NASA Launch Systems Development: Are NASA and Commercial Requirements Compatible?
-Excerpt from Manifesto for the Frontier.
-Three Issues in Science-Related Technology.

-Appendices.

-Index.