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From: dp@astrovax.UUCP (Debbie Padgett)
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Subject: Re: Re: High-Frontier, What Scientists Can Do
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Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 00:19:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 13 00:19:53 1983
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I agree completely with Wheeler's favorable opinions about the peaceful use
of space, but I think there is an understandable mixup here about the term
"High Frontier". As far as I know, the phrase "the High Frontier" was originally
 copyrighted by Princeton's Prof. G.K.O'Neill as the title of his book
 about space manufacturing and colonization. However, a group of old Defense
 Department brass have, within the past two years, begun to use the phrase
 "high frontier" to describe their space-based ABM system proposal. Unfortunately,
 these people never obtained permission to use this copyrighted name and have
 ignored the complaints of SSI (the Space Studies Institute, headed by O'Neill)
 about their illegal use of a book's title. The "High Frontier" defense group
 claims that it had never heard of the book (as if that justifies their use of
 the phrase as the title of their own book, films, etc). The last that I heard
 was that SSI was going to take the "High Frontier" group to court, which this
 small organization can ill afford. Incidently, the military strategy version
 of "high frontier" originally included plans for the economic development of
 space, presumably to appeal to space program enthusiasts. As soon as Reagan
 announced his support for a space-based defense system, High Frontier dropped
 the civilian space program buildup like a hot potato; I wouldn't trust these
 guys. I'll take O'Neill's or my own version of a CIVILIAN space program
 anytime.
					dp