BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME - A NEW APPROACH TO SPACE ADVOCACY

Public Support for space activities has waxed and waned over the nearl y 40 years of the US space program. Almost since the beginning of the space age, people have questioned the value of the government-funded s pace program. Dozens of advocacy and educational organizations have be en founded and millions of dollars have been spent in an attempt to 's hore-up' support for the program. In this report, Lori Garver, Executi ve Director of the National Space Society describes the aims and activ ities of the latest such organization, Mission HOME.