Asri-unix.1176
net.space
utzoo!decvax!cca!sri-unix!mclure@SRI-UNIX
Tue Apr  6 23:39:38 1982
recent L5 conference in L.A.
The conference was a success and another is planned for next year in
some place like Orlando or Houston.  There were about 750 people.  The
opening night lecture was by Norm Dalkey of UCLA, on the Delphi
procedures for expert polling and predicting.  

The highlight of the conference was a closing speech by Robert
Heinlein about his nightmare of black boxes (unmanned probes) meeting
and repopulating the universe after the extinction of Man who refused
to probe space himself.

Here's a list of the panels.  The quoted story titles below refer to
the Heinlein stories of the same names.

"IF THIS GOES ON-"
	Future U.S. space plans to 2000 A.D.
Space Stations and Platforms
	Skylab, Salyut, what next?
Solar Power Satellites
	New technical approaches to the SPS designs
Non-Terrestrial Resources
	Known non-terrestrial resources, methods for prospecting
	and surveying them, and material processing
"THE LONG WATCH"
	Possibilities and plans for future military activities
	in space
The Military Geography of Space
	G. Harry Stine discussed the new military arena, the distances
	and physics involved in the Earth-Moon system and the impossibility
	of preventing the military move into space
"THE MAN WHO SOLD THE MOON"
	areas of development for private enterprise and the financial
	and regulartory tools necessary for such development to occur
The Politics of Space
	influencing the political space process through education,
	information, and lobbying
The Space Transportation System
	technical status of the Shuttle based on the results of its
	flights
"HAVE SPACE SUIT -- WILL TRAVEL"
	a new fabric-reinforced, rubber-bag construction for space suit
	technology promises to speed space development and EVA
"BLOWUPS HAPPEN"
	panel of development engineers who have experienced the
	spectacular blowups during rocket development
Space Laws and Treaties
	Moon treaty, other laws and treaties regarding space
Living in Space
	effect of isolation in space on humans, both psychological and
	sociological
Exotic Space Transportation
	light (laser) sails, vertical mass driver, fusion bomb ships, 
	ram jets, etc.
"FARMER IN THE SKY"
	the potential of terraforming Mars & Venus
Future Space Transportation
	advantages and limitations of rocket propulsion, mass drivers,
	light sails, etc.
Solving International Problems Throught Space
	communication & earth-resource satellites and future opportunities
Space and the Public
	education programs, media coverage, and grassroots space organizations
	with roles to play in educating the public
Space Art
	current space art, forms possible only in space
Space Industrialization
	industrial manufacturing in space, the economics involved
"WALDO"
	Minsky talked about man-machine systems and remote automation in
	space
"BEYOND THIS HORIZON"
	space plans for the next century and beyond


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