Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter I. Introduction: The Space Infrastructure -- Chapter II. Early Space Station and Platform Planning -- II.1 Skylab -- Skylab Description -- Significance of Skylab -- Skylab Recommendations -- Physiological Findings -- Habitability Considerations -- Contamination Control As a System -- Skylab Subsystems Operational Experience -- II.2 The Soviet Salyut Space Station Program -- First-Generation Salyut Stations -- Second-Generation Salyut Stations -- II.3 Space Telescope: The Proto-Space Platform -- Origin of the Space Telescope -- Science with the Space Telescope -- The Technology of the Space Telescope -- The Space Telescope Science Institute -- Space Telescope as a Space Platform -- II.4 The European Reusable Space Platforms SPAS and EURECA -- Reusable Platforms -- The SPAS-01 Demonstration Platform -- The EURECA Platform -- Chapter III. Introduction: Space Station and Platform Roles in Supporting Future Space Endeavors -- III.1 Astronomy and the Space Station -- Astronomy As a Science -- Current Array of Astronomy Missions -- Future Astronomy Programs -- The Requirements of Astronomical Missions -- Unique Aspects of the Space Station -- Potential New Astronomical Missions -- III.2 The Space Station Polar Platform: Integrating Research and Operational Missions -- Solar-Terrestrial Interactions -- The Earth's Atmosphere and Meteorology -- The Oceans and Coasts -- The Solid Earth and Vegetation -- The Polar Platform as a Vantage Point -- Communications and a System of Global Services -- Platform Servicing -- International Participation -- III.3 Planetary Exploration in the Space Station Era -- The Objectives and Methods of Planetary Exploration -- The SSEC Core Planetary Program -- The SSEC Augmented Planetary Program -- Planetary Science On Board the Space Station.

III.4 The Next Steps in Satellite Communications -- Space Stations and Platforms -- Space Station Communication Roles -- The Space Platform -- Distribution Satellites -- Refurbishment -- III.5 The Potential of Materials Processing Using the Space Environment -- The Role of Gravity in Materials Processing -- A Short History of Materials Processing in Space -- The EOS Project: Electrophoresis Operations in Space -- Space Stations and the EOS Program -- Realizing the Potential of Materials Processing in Space -- Chapter IV. Space Station and Space Platform Concepts: A Historical Review -- Introduction: The Pioneers -- Early Postwar Thinking -- The Earliest Years: Planning a Post-Mercury Space Program -- Space Station Plans during the 1960's -- Manned Orbital Research Laboratory -- Other Space Station Studies -- Management Attention to a Space Station -- Space Station Studies Go to Phase B -- Defining the Preferred Concept and Its Rationale -- Phase B Competition -- Phase B Contracts Let -- Studies Begin -- Phase B Studies "Fade Away" -- Space Station Studies during the 1970's -- Development of the MOSC and "Construction Shack" Concepts -- Evolution of Space Platform Concepts -- An Evolutionary Space Station Concept -- The Space Operations Center Proposal -- Chapter V. A Summary of Potential Designs of Space Stations and Platforms -- Mission Requirements and Desired Attributes -- Science and Applications Missions -- Commercial Missions -- Technology Development Missions -- Integrated Requirements -- Desired Attributes -- Functional Requirements -- Space Station Infrastructure -- Space Station/Platform Functional Requirements -- Space Station Configuration Development -- Generic Configuration Issues -- Altitude -- Core Systems -- Commonality -- Habitation Module -- Micro-g Research Module -- Life Sciences Research Module -- Logistics Module.

Berthing/Docking and Logistics -- Space Station Servicing System Capabilities -- Command, Control, and Communications System -- Requirements -- Technology Assessment -- Architecture -- Communications -- Ground Systems -- Software -- Resource Module and Platforms -- Energy Sources -- Energy Storage -- Energy Distribution -- Other Subsystems -- Commonality -- Chapter VI. The Long-Range Future -- Human Evolution and Roles in Space -- Plateau of Departure: The Space Infrastructure at Year 2000 -- The View Beyond Year 2000 -- Mission Spectrum: General Trends -- LEO Regime Beyond 2000 -- GEO/Cislunar Regime Beyond 2000 -- Lunar Regime Beyond 2000 -- The Domain of Mars and the Planetary Regime Beyond 2000 -- Other Programs Beyond 2000 -- Long-Range Technological Prerequisites -- Transcending the Horizon: The Humanization of Space -- Author Index for Volume 99.