1. Welcome address held by Wolfgang Bender at opening session of the conference "Space Use and Ethics" in Darmstadt on March 3, 1999. All quotations in this article are from conference scripts handed in by the speakers unless another source is given.
2. The conference was organized by The Interdisciplinary Research Group Science, Technology and Security (IANUS) in cooperation with Institut für Theologie und Sozialethik (both TUD), NaturwissenschaftlerInnen -Initiative, INESAP, Darmstädter Friedensforum, Friedens- und Begegnungsstätte Mutlangen, and Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.
3. See Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck: "Raumfahrtexperten drücken sich vor Debatte", taz, March 5, 1999.
4. NASA (April 1998): "Future NASA Spacecraft: Solar Arrays, Batteries, and Radioisotope Power and Heating Systems", Fact Sheet.
5. Roland H. Knauer: "Mit geringem Schub zu den Sternen", Darmstädter Echo, February 20, 1999.
6. Federal Register Vol. 63, No. 192 of October 5, 1998, and Federal Register Vol. 63, No. 213 of November 4, 1998.
7. See http://www.ampsys.com for company information. See also Tom Henderson: "Ann Arbor firm aims for Pluto", The Detroit News, October 29, 1998.
8. US Space Command (March 1998): "Long Range Plan. Implementing USSPACECOM Vision for 2020", Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado/USA..
9. Wolf H. Bell: "Kein Krieg der Sterne", Frankfurter Rundschau, March 19, 1999; quotation translated by R.H.
10. See Götz Neuneck, „SDI light" oder die Aushöhlung des ABM-Vertrages, Wissenschaft & Frieden 2/99.
11. For an abridged version of the presentation see Bernd Kubbig, "Der ABM-Vertrag soll ,auf dem Müllhaufen der Geschichte` landen", Frankfurter Rundschau, March 5, 1999.
12. Stefan Brändle: "Die Zukunft wartet nicht auf die Langsamen", Frankfurter Rundschau, April 24, 1999; quotation translated by R.H.
13. "Warten auf den Befreiungsschlag", VDI nachrichten, April 30, 1999; quotation translated by R.H.
14. "US Space Command Supports Kosovo Operation", press release of US Space Command, March 24, 1999. This evaluation of the effectiveness of military US space assets was confirmed in the USSPACECOM press release "Space Role in ALLIED FORCE Extensive _ Effective" dated June 17, 1999.
15. Karl-Heinz Karisch, "NATO-Spione im Weltall", Frankfurter Rundschau, April 24, 1999.
16. Wolfgang Engelhardt, "Raumfahrt-Kritiker irren sich", Raumfahrt-Wirtschaft Nr. 6/99, March 15, 1999.