guarantees would replace deficiencies. The benefits of this goverance strategy to the peoples of Earth would enormous as it develops the resources of space for humanity, and offers returns on investments aloft. United Nations space treaties conceived in past times during the Cold War period may prove inadequate for the 21st Century. Now is the time for UN members, especially today's spacefaring nations, to rethink the whole issue of utilization of space resources [15], The international mosaic of authority and primary responsibility should become more focused and acceptable relative to oftworld development programs and relations. Initiatives of the scope described here will foster a new consensus and success in our quest, if we share this vision enunciated in Living and Working in Space: The high frontier prospects in the 21st Century are only dimly perceived as humankind struggles like infants to leave our cradle, Earth. For human enterprise in space to succeed and flourish, synergy and cooperation become the ingredients among the public and private sector, between planners and policymakers, between professionals and technicians, as well as among organizations and nations" [16], To beam solar energy from outerspace will not only require an infrastructure, but legal and financial mechanisms in place which encourage industrialization and commercial ventures! [NOTE: Readers may obtain a draft of the proposed Treaty of Jurisdiction in Outer Space, as well as a sample copy of the Space Governance journal by writing to Declan J. O'Donnell, J.D., c/o UNITED SOCIETIES IN SPACE (6841 South Yosemite, Englewood, Colorado, USA).] About the authors DECLAN J, O'DONNELL, J,D, , a tax attorney, is president of the World Bar Association in Englewood, Colorado, USA. During 1993, he served as president of the Lunar Power System Coalition and now is founder of United Societies in Space, Inc. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, later serving as staff assistant to the Governor of Colorado. PHILIP R. HARRIS, Ph D,, a management and space psychologist in LaJolla, California, is vice president of United Societies in Space, Inc. A graduate of St. John's University and Fordham University, he is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and was a NASA Faculty Fellow, as well as a consultant to that space agency. Author or editor of 39 books, his recent work for ISY'92 was Living and Working in Space.
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