STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR THE REGION 4 NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY 2006 REGIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE.

THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY'S VISION IS PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN THRIVING COMMUNITIES BEYOND THE EARTH. NSS MEMBERS PROMOTE CHANGE IN THE SOCIAL, TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS TO ADVANCE THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE WILL LIVE AND WORK IN SPACE.

THE 2006 NSS REGIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERNCE IS ORIENTED TOWARD THE HERITAGE OF THE APOLLO MOON PROGRAM AND ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO THE MOON. MARS AS OUR NATION'S NEXT FRONTIER. THE PROMOTION OF MANNED TRAVEL TO THE STARS AT ACCEPTABLE ENERGIES AND AT ACCEPTABLE TIME PERIODS, AS SHOWN POSSIBLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING NEW PHYSICS. THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE ESPECIALLY PROMOTES THE BENEFITS OF SPACE EXPLORATION IN GENERAL FOR ALL MANKIND.