James George, the executive director of the Space Frontier Foundation, added, "opening the space frontier will create a new golden age of economic expansion for all people in all countries. It will create infinite possibilities for our children and future generations."

NASA astronaut Steve Smith has accrued 35 spacewalk hours, the second highest number of hours accrued by any astronaut. He believes the only way we will inhabit space is incrementally and with nations working together. "Humans need to find out whats out there because Earth has limited resources and its going to run out of things." According to Smith, astronauts "fly in space to make peoples lives [on Earth] better."

In order to expand the new frontier to the moon and Mars, the first step is to build a big enough rocket, said Dr. Wendell Mendell, a Planetary Scientist at NASAs Johnson Space Center. Contrary to what rocket scientists like Robert Zubrin claim, Wendell believes it is still difficult to build rockets large enough to go the distance. Mendell is still optimistic, as he sees things like satellites carried to geostationary orbit getting bigger and bigger. And, according to Mendell, in a few years our Delta 4 should be able to lift humans to the moon.

1.  To Secure a Future for Humanity
2. To Build a New Frontier
3. To Find New Energy Sources
4. To Build an Industrial Settlement On the Moon
5. Better Quality Images of the Universe and More of Them
6. The SETI Effort
7. Mining
8. Learning the History of Our Universe on the Moon
9. Environmental Benefits
10. Meeting the Challenge