Citizens' Advisory Council on National Space Policy

The Citizen's Advisory Council on National Space Policy was a group of prominent US citizens concerned with the space policy of the United States of America. It is no longer active.

History

The Council's roots date to 1980 as a group which prepared many of the Reagan Administration Transition Team's space policy papers. The Council was formally created in 1981 by joint action of the American Astronautical Society and the L5 Society to develop a detailed and technically feasible space policy to further the national interest.

Meetings

November, 1980
July, 1983
May 9-11, 1986
August 10, 1997

Reports

28 September, 1983. Substantial portions of this report were later published in the book Mutual Assured Survival (Baen Books, 1984) by Jerry Pournelle and Dean Ing.

Spring, 1986

February 15, 1989

March 20, 1994

Membership

Jerry Pournelle, Chairman

Astronauts

Buzz Aldrin, Gerald Carr, Fred Haise, Phil Chapman, Pete Conrad

Aerospace industry

George Merrick (North American Rockwell, Space Division), George Gould, Gordon Woodcock, Gary Hudson, George Koopman, Max Hunter, Art Dula

Space scientists and engineers

Lowell Wood, G. Harry Stine, Eric Laursen, Chuck Lindley, James Benford, Maxwell Hunter, George Gould

Military officers (retired)

Lt. General Daniel O. Graham, USA Ret'd; Brigadier General Robert Richardson, USAF Ret'd; Brigadier General Stewart Meyer; USA Ret'd, Col. Jack Coakley, USA Ret'd; Col. Francis X. Kane, USAF Ret'd.

Computer scientists

Marvin Minsky, Danny Hillis, John McCarthy, David Mitchell

Science fiction authors and publishers

Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Robert A. Heinlein, Gregory Benford, Dean Ing, Steven Barnes, Jim Baen, Larry Niven

Others

Stefan T. Possony, Bjo Trimble, Alexander C. Pournelle

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Pournelle, Jerry; Ing, Dean (1984), Mutual Assured Survival, Baen Books, ISBN 0-671-55923-0