Reviving Space Futurism:A New Focus on Long-Term Strategic Planning

摘要

This paper proposes that the inadequate long-term strategic planning that has plagued the space community for more than three decades must be addressed by a multidisciplinary approach that ties space futurism into larger societal ambitions and the search for solutions to global problems. The work of early space age visionaries such as Wernher von Braun, Arthur C. Clarke, Dandridge Cole, Herman Kahn, and Gerard K. O'Neill is contrasted with more recent space "visions" and deficiencies in long-term strategic thinking. This is followed by a discussion of how space futurism could reconfigure itself to emphasize the continuing relevance of space activities.