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 few hours. Most of all, it is great that so many who have read it all the way
have reported that they have liked it. Some people do not understand the allusion to the book and movie, "The Neverending Story." Watch it
again, but this time with 'eyes open.' Synthesis of a topic like this which seems so improbable (that it is the exploration of space
that 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,
I know, the most important of all possible topics. Dwell on it long enough, and it becomes united with the inner core of your being.
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 I glossed over that aspect was that it is the part that other people have covered so well. 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