Dear Reader and Space Exploration Enthusiast,
I am very glad to have this MA thesis finally online in its entirety, it has been a long and tedious process. I would like to say thank you
to all of the people who have read it all the way through, it takes a some hours. Most of all, it is great that so many who have read it all the way
have reported that it has something real in there. Some people, especially in Europe, do not understand the allusion to the book and movie,
"The Neverending Story." Find and watch the movie and think about the paper while doing so, it will be clear, and worth it.
Synthesis of a topic like this which seems so improbable (that the exploration and development of space can save our civilization), means
bringing out material already written by experts and putting it to good use in a new way. Tsiolkovsky's Imperative, the idea that our destiny
is to spread out into the solar system, building settlements, habitats, bases and transportation networks, is, in point of fact, the most important
of all possible topics. Dwell on it long enough, and it will become united with the inner core of your being, as it has mine.
It is something that has to be done, for the reasons outlined in the paper and others. I regret not being able to get into the ecological
necessity more, but the reason it was glossed over is that that aspect has been covered so well by others. So, I welcome anything
you have to say about it, and now that it is on the web, please feel free to read and email me anytime, at hudsonflorida@excite.com.
Thank you very much,
David Tamm