Space as a frontier – the role of human motivation

Despite several false-starts, commercial space is showing signs of activity similar to those in historic frontiers. A comparative study shows a variety of aspects in common; specific environmental enablers that can be labeled technology, legislation and charisma. Charisma can be defined as the human motivation behind frontier activities. Technology and the social systems defined as legislation tend to dominate plans of those engineering frontier activity. However, national, economic and personal ideologies are what drive the frontier. Technology and legislation are the tools by which these ideologies achieve their goals.