A Step Farther Out: Part 1 & 2 by Jerry Pournelle

If you'd like a strategy for the technology of going to space in the 70's, 80's and 90's, Dr. Jerry Pournelle was your man --even though he was already famous for science fiction -- he wielded political weight and an army of experts to get things done.

Read here how some ideas and guest science articles in Galaxy Magazine, OMNI Magazine, and the New York Times helped go on to create the space shuttle, space station, the DC-X, elect a speaker of the house, and even some ideas for SpaceForce and DARPA as well as entrepreneurs.