Adventures in Space Advocacy is a memoir by Michael Mackowski that tells the story of his involvement in grass roots advocacy for a more robust American space program. The book is an account of the activities, successes, failures, and impact of space advocacy groups he was part of in St. Louis, Missouri and Phoenix, Arizona. The first part of the book is a chronology of the St. Louis space community from the nascent years of space activism in the 1980s. The second part covers the author's efforts as a space activist in Phoenix some twenty years later.This history is a narrative developed from the author's personal notes and recollections as a member of the local chapters of the L5 Society and the National Space Institute (later to merge into the National Space Society). It closes with some reflections on whether those dreams of a hopeful future from the 1980s had any effect on the realities of the 2010s.
The author's hope is that historians of the space movement will find this to be an interesting first-hand account of grass-roots efforts to promote space exploration to the public. Similarly, current space activists can learn from these examples of how to execute large pro-space events.
Michael Mackowski is an aerospace engineer whose passion for space exploration has led him to be an advocate for greater public awareness and support for America's reach for the stars. For more information, see his website.
posted 05-04-2015 08:28 AM
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