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Robert A.Heinlein (1907 - 1988) - a renowned American author. Through his body of work in fiction spanning nearly fifty years during the commencement of man's entry into space, Mr. Heinlein advocated human advancement into space through commercial endeavors.
On August 31st, 2003, the Heinlein Prize, a major new award for practical accomplishments in commercial space activities, was announced at the 54th International Aeronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany. Trustees of the Robert A. and Virginia Heinlein Prize Trust revealed that the first Heinlein Prize award has been set at $500,000 USD. The Heinlein Prize may be given as frequently as annually to one or more individuals who have achieved practical accomplishments in the field of commercial space activities. The Trustees emphasize that the award is for effort by an individual - not corporate or government sponsored activities - and that the Heinlein Prize is intended to be world-wide in scope.
In 2004 the new Heinlien Prize Trust project was announced, Robert A.Heinlein Flight into the Future contest of innovational scientific works of the young researchers. The 2007/8 contest is open to all citizens of European, African and Middle Eastern countries (the other Trust’s project will be available for the rest of the world), Russia and India, including students, post-graduate students and young specialists who will be under 30 years of age at the time of the award ceremony on July 7th, 2008, which is the birthday of Robert Heinlein. The participant prospective projects are to be in the field of space exploration and its peaceful use: projects whose realization would result in significant economic benefit to humanity. For more details please download Flight into the Future Invitation for Participation.
"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 Heinlein, 1972
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