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.

History

The Council was formed in 1980 and prepared many of the Reagan Administration Transition Team's space policy papers.

Meetings

August 10, 1997

Reports

February 15, 1989

March 20, 1994

Results

March 23, 1983 SDI speech by President Reagan

Membership

Jerry E. Pournelle, Ph.D., Chairman

Astronauts

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

Aerospace Industry

George Merrick (not George E. Merrick — will need disambig page), George Gould, Gordon Woodcock, Garry Hudson, George Koopman

Space Scientists and Engineers

Lowell Wood, G. Harry Stine, Eric Laursen, Chuck Lindley, James Benford, Max Hunter

Military Officers

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

Science Fiction Authors and Publishers

Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Robert Heinlein, Greg Benford, Dean Ing, Steve Barnes, Jim Baen

Footnotes