On the future of space science and applications. (America at 500: Pioneering the Space Frontier) From: National Forum | Date: June 22, 1992| Author: Van Allen, James A. | COPYRIGHT 1992 Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

My views on the future of space science and applications are based on some forty-six years of active participation in the field of space science, continuing at the present time. As you will see, they differ markedly from those of our current president and his immediate predecessor in the White House.

Recently I have read David DeVorkin's book entitled Race to the Stratosphere: Manned Scientific Ballooning in America. The author's point of departure is the 1931 balloon flight...

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