Posted on 09/15/2003 10:50:19 AM PDT by anymouse
The Trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust announce the establishment of The Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Accomplishments in Commercial Space Activities
The Heinlein Prize is a cash award of $500,000 to an individual or individuals for practical accomplishments in the field of commercial space activities.
The establishment of the Heinlein Prize and details of its application process will be announced at the 54th International Astronautics Federation Congress in Bremen, Germany on Monday, September 29, 2003. A press release will be available at that time and will be posted on this website.
The Trustees invite you to an informational meeting at 1530 on Monday, September 29, 2003 in Saal III of the Park Hotel Bremen, followed by a reception in the Kuppelhalle.
Park Hotel Bremen Im Bürgerpark · 28209 Bremen, Germany Telephone:(0421) 34 08-0
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Mission Statement
"We are at a cusp, a decision point. We can decide to go one way, to the stars, and enjoy unlimited opportunities, unimagined possibilities, endless evolution, and eternal racial life. Or we can refuse the challenge, stay where we are—and die." Robert A. Heinlein, 1972
The legacy of Robert and Virginia Heinlein is the shared dream of a future of humankind expanding ever outward into space—to the Moon, to the planets, out and onward to the stars.
Space is not to be the realm of the select few. The dream, and the future, belong to us all, of every race and every nation. It is in a child in school today who understands the positive vision of the future of Robert Heinlein. It is the dream of all who see a future bright with possibilities.
Today is a dark day for space, with the shuttle grounded. We are not on the Moon, and haven't been for a generation. The day will come when we will mine the asteroids and walk the sands of Mars. We'll live and work in space for the benefit of all humanity. We'll have horizons so vast that no one who dreams and strives need be left behind. All of these things we can do, and we shall.
This bright future will be created by those of you, today, who strive to create advances in commercial space activities.
"Out of this could come something else for all of mankind—hope!" Robert A. Heinlein
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The Heinlein Prize
The Heinlein Prize is worldwide.
The Prize honors the memory of Robert A. Heinlein, a renowned American author. Both Robert and his wife Virginia were strong advocates of human advancement into space through commercial endeavors. The purpose of the Heinlein Prize is to encourage and reward progress in commercial space activities that advances their dream of humanity's future in space.
The Heinlein Prize Trust will present a substantial award to the individual or individuals who achieve profound accomplishments in the field of commercial space activities.
Winners will receive a medallion, a diploma and a monetary award. The first Heinlein Prize award has been set by the Trustees at $500,000.
The Trust has three Trustees: Art Dula, Buckner Hightower and James M. Vaughn.
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Nominations
Nominations for the Heinlein Prize will be made by a worldwide board of advisors. The Trustees are now establishing this advisory board.
Nominations may be made directly to the Trustees.
email: nominations@heinleinprize.com
The Heinlein Prize Trust
Post Office Box 7466
Houston, TX 77248-7466
United States of America
phone: 713-861-3600
FAX: 713-861-3620
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Biographies
Robert A. Heinlein 1907-1988
Robert Heinlein is the most enduring and influential American writer of speculative fiction.
Heinlein published over one hundred novels, short stories, and articles. He won six Hugo awards, and has had his work adapted into four movies and five television series.
Fifteen years after his death, most of his books are still in print in many languages, and his influence can be clearly seen in the writings of many important authors writing today.
The most prevalent theme underlying all his works is the practical benefit of man's activities in space. Though he never turned a blind eye to the terrible costs or the negative aspects of technological growth, he had a clear vision of its importance to human progress and human survivability.
A large portion of his writings were published long before Neil Armstrong first set foot upon the Moon. He wrote against prevailing opinions of the time that declared such an endeavor was both impractical and impossible.
Many of those who grew up reading his stories have gone on to make significant progress in man's expansion into space. They're scattered throughout the aerospace industry worldwide. Many testify today that they were first inspired by Robert Heinlein and his writings to pursue careers connected to space.
Today, in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars, is a small terrain feature called the Heinlein Crater, named in honor of this man who became a much beloved writer, and who dreamed that humans would some day make their home there, and thrive.
Virginia Heinlein 1916-2003
Virginia Heinlein graduated from New York University in 1937 and worked as a Chemist until the outbreak of World War II. She enlisted as a lieutenant in the US Navy serving first at the Bureau of Aeronautics, then at the Naval Air Experimental Station in Philadelphia. There she met Robert Heinlein and worked as his assistant on several classified developmental projects.
After World War II, she came to Los Angeles to study biochemistry. She married Robert Heinlein in 1948. Thereafter, the two were inseparable. Those who knew them spoke often of their intense and abiding love for each other. She became his closest companion and advisor, aiding him in his writing.
In 2001, she endowed the Robert Anson Heinlein Chair in Aerospace Engineering at the US Naval Academy.
She also endowed the public library in Robert Heinlein's birthplace of Butler, Missouri, and helped to found the Heinlein Society, an educational charity dedicated to paying forward to generations to come the many Heinlein legacies.
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Robert A. Heinlein's Writings
FICTION
"Life-Line," Astounding Science Fiction, August 1939. Reprinted in The Man Who Sold The Moon, Baen Books.
"Misfit," Astounding Science Fiction, November 1939. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
"Requiem," Astounding Science Fiction, January 1940. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
"If This Goes On-," Astounding Science Fiction, February, March 1940. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
" 'Let There Be Light,' " Super Science Stories, May, 1940 (under pseudonym Lyle Monroe). Reprinted in The Man Who Sold The Moon, Baen Books.
"The Roads Must Roll," Astounding Science Fiction, June 1940. Reprinted in The Man Who Sold The Moon, Baen Books.
"Coventry," Astounding Science Fiction, July 1940. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
"Blowups Happen," Astounding Science Fiction, September 1940. Reprinted in The Man Who Sold The Moon, Baen Books.
"The Devil Makes the Law," Unknown, September 1940, (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted as "Magic, Inc.," in Waldo And Magic Inc., Del Rey Books.
"Sixth Column," Astounding Science Fiction, January, February, March 1941 (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted by Baen Books.
" '-And He Built a Crooked House-,' " Astounding Science Fiction, February 1941.
"Logic of Empire," Astounding Science Fiction, March 1941. Reprinted in The Green Hills of Earth, Baen Books.
"Beyond Doubt," Astonishing Stories, April 1941 (under pseudonym Lyle Monroe and Elma Wentz).
"They," Unknown, April 1941.
"Universe," Astounding Science Fiction, May 1941. Reprinted in Orphans Of The Sky, Ace Books.
"Solution Unsatisfactory," Astounding Science Fiction, May 1941 (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.
" '-We Also Walk Dogs,' " Astounding Science Fiction, July 1941 (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
Methuselah's Children, Astounding Science Fiction, July, August, September, 1941.
"Elsewhere" ("Elsewhen"), Astounding Science Fiction, September 1941 (under pseudonym Caleb Saunders). Reprinted in Assignment In Eternity, Baen Books.
"By His Bootstraps," Astounding Science Fiction, October 1941 (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.
"Commonsense," Astounding Science Fiction, October 1941. Reprinted in Orphans Of The Sky, Ace Books.
"Lost Legion" ("Lost Legacy"), Super Science Stories, November 1941 (under pseudonym Lyle Monroe). Reprinted in Assignment In Eternity, Baen Books.
" 'My Object All Sublime,' " Future, February 1942.
"Goldfish Bowl," Astounding Science Fiction, March 1942 (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.
"Pied Piper," Astonishing Stories, March 1942 (under pseudonym Lyle Monroe).
Beyond This Horizon, Astounding Science Fiction, April, May 1942 (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted by New American Library. "Waldo," Astounding Science Fiction, August 1942 (under pseudonym Anson MacDonald). Reprinted in Waldo And Magic Inc., Del Rey Books.
"The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag," Unknown Worlds, October 1942 (under pseudonym John Riverside).
"The Green Hills of Earth," Saturday Evening Post, February 8, 1947. Reprinted in The Green Hills Of Earth, Baen Books..
"Space Jockey," Saturday Evening Post, April 26, 1947. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
"Columbus Was a Dope," Startling Stories, May 1947 (under pseudonym Lyle Monroe). Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books. "They Do It With Mirrors," Popular Detective, May 1947 (under pseudonym Simon York). Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.
" 'It's Great To Be Back!' " Saturday Evening Post, July 26, 1947. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
"Jerry Is a Man," (`Jerry Was a Man"), Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1947. Reprinted in Assignment In Eternity, Baen Books.
"Water Is for Washing," Argosy, November 1947. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.
Rocket Ship Galileo, Scribner's, 1947. Reprinted by. Del Rey Books.
"The Black Pits of Luna," Saturday Evening Post, January 10, 1948. Reprinted in The Green Hills Of Earth, Baen Books.
"Gentlemen, Be. Seated!" Argosy, May 1948. Reprinted in The Green Hills Of Earth, Baen Books.
"Ordeal in Space," Town and Country, May 1948. Reprinted in The Green Hills of Earth, Baen Books.
Beyond This Horizon (revised version), Fantasy Press, 1948. Reprinted by New American Library.
Space Cadet, Scribner's, 1948. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"Our Fair City," Weird Tales, January 1949.
"Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon," Boy's Life, April, May 1949. Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.
"Poor Daddy," Calling All Girls, 1949.
"Gulf," Astounding Science Fiction, November, December 1949. Reprinted in Assignment In Eternity, Baen Books.
"Delilah and the Space Rigger," Blue Book, December 1949. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
"The Long Watch," American Legion Magazine, December 1949. Reprinted in The Green Hills Of Earth, Baen Books.
Red Planet, Scribner's, 1949. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"Cliff and the Calories," Senior Prom, August 1950.
Farmer In The Sky, first serialized as Satellite Scout in Boy's Life, August, September, October, November 1950. Scribner's, 1950. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"The Man Who Sold the Moon," (not serialized), in The Man Who Sold the Moon, Shasta, 1950. Reprinted by Baen Books.
"Destination Moon," Short Stories Magazine, September 1950.
Between Planets, serialized as Planets in Combat in Blue Book, September, October 1951. Scribner's, 1951. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
The Puppet Masters, serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction, September, October, November 1951. Doubleday, 1951. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"The Year of the Jackpot," Galaxy Science Fiction, March 1952. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.
The Rolling Stones, serialized as Tramp Space Ship in Boy's Life, September, October, November, December 1952. Scribner's, 1952. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"Project Nightmare," Amazing Stories, April 1953. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.
"Skylift," Imagination, November 1953. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.
Starman Jones, Scribner's, 1953. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
The Star Beast, serialized as The Star Lummox in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May, June, July 1954. Scribner's, 1954. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
Tunnel In The Sky, Scribner's, 1955. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
Double Star, serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, February, March, April 1956. Doubleday, 1956. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
Time For The Stars, Scribner's, 1956. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
The Door Into Summer, serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October, November, December 1956. Doubleday, 1957. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"The Menace From Earth," Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1957. Reprinted in The Menace From Earth, Baen Books.
Citizen Of The Galaxy, serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, September, October, November, December 1957. Scribner's, 1957. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"The Elephant Circuit" ("The Man Who Traveled in Elephants"), Saturn, October 1957.
"Tenderfoot in Space," Boy's Life, May, June, July 1958.
Have Space Suit-Will Travel, serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August, September, October 1958. Scribner's, 1958. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
"All You Zombies-," Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1959.
Methuselah's Children (revised version), Gnome Press, 1958. Reprinted by Baen Books.
Starship Troopers, serialized as Starship Soldier in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October, November 1959. Putnam, 1959. Reprinted by Baen Books.
Stranger In A Strange Land, Putnam, 1961. Hardcover available, also reprint, Ace Books.
"Searchlight," Scientific American, August 1962; Fortune, September 1962. Reprinted in The Past Through Tomorrow, Ace Books.
Podkayne Of Mars, serialized in Worlds of If, November 1962, January, March 1963. Putnam, 1963.
Glory Road, serialized in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July, August, September 1963. Putnam 1963. Reprinted by Ace Books.
Farnham's Freehold, serialized in If, July, August, October 1964. Putnam, 1964. Reprinted by Ace Books.
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, serialized in If, December 1965, January, February, March, April 1966, Putnam, 1966. Reprinted by Ace Books.
"Free Men," in The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Ace Books, 1966. Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.
I Will Fear No Evil, serialized in Galaxy, July, August, October, December 1970. Putnam, 1970. Reprinted by Ace Books.
Time Enough For Love, Putnam 1973. Reprinted by Ace Books.
"No Bands Playing," Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, December 1973. Reprinted in Expanded Universe, Ace Books.
The Notebooks Of Lazarus Long, Putnam, 1978. (Taken from two chapters of Time Enough For Love).
The Number Of The Beast, Fawcett Columbine, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.
Expanded Universe, Ace Books, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.
"A Bathroom of Her Own," Expanded Universe, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.
"On the Slopes of Vesuvius," Expanded Universe, 1980. Reprinted by Ace Books.
Friday, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
Job: A Comedy Of Justice, Del Rey Books, 1984. Reprinted by Del Rey Books.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Putnam, 1985. Reprinted by Ace Books.
To Sail Beyond The Sunset, Putnam, 1987. Reprinted by Ace Books.
For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Manners, Scribner's, 2003
MISCELLANEOUS
Tomorrow, The Stars, Doubleday, 1952. This is an anthology, which was put together by someone else, and Robert wrote the preface for it.
Destination Moon, Gregg Press, 1979, edited by David G. Hartwell. The title page says it is by Robert A. Heinlein, with a new introduction by David G. Hartwell. This book contains a novelette titled "Destination Moon," and an article called "Shooting Destination Moon," which originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, July 1950. It also contains a number of still pictures from DM, and photocopies of many newspaper and magazine clippings.
NONFICTION
"Discovery of the Future," Guest of Honor speech at Denver, Colorado, 1941 World Science Fiction Convention. Printed in Vertex, issue #1. "Man in the Moon" ("Back of the Moon"), Elks Magazine, 1947. "Flight Into the Future," Collier's, August 30, 1947.
"On the Writing of Science Fiction," published in Of Worlds Beyond, Fantasy Press, 1947.
"Baedecker of the Solar System," The Saturday Review of Literature, December 24, 1949. Review of Bonestell and Ley's book, Conquest of Space.
"Where To?" article, Galaxy, February 1952.
"Shooting Destination Moon," Astounding Science Fiction, July 1950. Article about writing, Writer's Digest, March, 1950.
"This I Believe," radio article written for Edward R. Murrow series of the same title. [Broadcast December 1, 19521
"Ray Guns and Rocket Ships," published by the Bulletin of the School Library Association of California, 1952.
"The Third Millennium Opens," Amazing Stories, April 1956.
"Science Fiction: Its Nature, Faults and Virtues," Advent Publishers, 1959.
"Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?," published April 12, 1958, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Also in Expanded Universe.
" 'Pravda' Means `Truth'," American Mercury, October 1960. "Inside Intourist," published in Expanded Universe. "Appointment in Space," Popular Mechanics, 1963.
"The Happy Road to Science Fiction," McClurg's Book News, 1964. "Science Fiction: The World of `What If?' ", World Book, 1964. Foreword for Beyond Jupiter, by Chesley Bonestell and Arthur C. Clarke, Viking Press, 1972.
Forrestal Lecture, 1973, published in Analog, January 1974.
"A United States Citizen Thinks About Canada," Canada and the World, April 1975.
"Dirac, Antimatter and You," Compton Yearbook, 1975. "Are You a Rare Blood?" Compton Yearbook, 1976. Testimony before joint session, House Committee on Aging and House Committee on Science and Technology, August 19, 1979, published in Expanded Universe, 1980, as "Spinoff."
"Larger Than Life," written for MosCon I, published in Expanded Universe, 1980.
Preface for Ted Sturgeon novel, Godbody, Donald I. Fine, 1985.
He was exactly right. There was a fork in the road in 1972. A high road, and a low road. We chose the low road and missed our chance--economics were right then and may never be favorable again in our lifetimes.
Are we at another fork in the road? If so, we ought to choose correctly this time even though the '72 opportunity was golden and this one is brass.
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