I trust, by this time, the reader might perceive the true depth of this essay. What I am suggesting is that, given a choice and the technology, free human beings can create a new and more meaningful way of living and relating to each other. If free societies are to continue to survive, it seems to this writer that means must be found for the average citizen to attain a greater ability to control the quality of his everyday life. Equally important, he must also find some way of stopping the spiraling cost of living in a modern society. If these goals cannot be achieved, most Americans will never share the abundance with which they are surrounded. I believe that people could attain a new sense of faith in themselves and their neighbors by being able to plan and manage the conditions under which they spend two-thirds of their lives. Certainly young couples who are faced with rearing children would find great relief in knowing the makeup of their children’s companions. They could also take comfort in the fact that they and the other parents of their TOWN could mutually establish ethical and moral values under which the children developed. The spirit of pride in one’s community could be revived and flourish once more in all the country, as it still does in some of the smaller communities of this nation.

The evolutionary decentralization of American cities would take time. The early models of VADA will be expensive. Obviously, the sale will be limited to the wealthy and upper classes. Quite likely, the first buyers for the vehicles will be people with resort or second homes. It should be noted that VADA will expand the potential recreational areas by immense proportions. I believe that within a very short time people will begin to permanently leave the densely populated areas and move to smaller communities.

Initially, there will be a few people interested in leaving the metropolitan areas and moving to a MINI TOWN. The economic impact of this condition would, at first, be very slight. However, in due course, the law of supply and demand would begin to bring down real estate prices. As this process continued, it would become economically feasible to dedensify the older residential areas. Within a relatively short time a substantial number of homes in these areas would become permanently abandoned, and they could be demolished to make room for green belts and small parks. Lots could be enlarged, making it possible for people to expand the remaining homes. I envision that some streets will be turned into shallow lakes which will serve a multi-purpose usage. Some would be for sailing and boating, while others might be used for the production of food in the form of fish or vegetable protein. As the demand for the VADA increased, mass production techniques could be utilized and costs could be lowered. With lower costs, people in the newly rejuvenated residential areas could also afford the VADA and thus greatly reduce the time and inconvenience in commuting to and from their place of employment.

One of the greatest benefits of the AGE OF SPACIAL MOBILITY will be a tremendous increase in new job opportunities and an upgrading of many people employed in low technology jobs. Ultimately, great new factories will be built to manufacture the VADA. Servicing these vehicles will require far more sophisticated facilities and personnel than those presently being used to service the automobile.

Every region of our country and every industry will receive a tremendous boost from this new technology. As I have previously indicated in this essay, the availability of the VADA itself is but one aspect of the AGE OF SPACIAL MOBILITY. This vehicle will indirectly bring into being innumerable new products and services. Foremost among these would be revolutionary new housing construction, miniature utility systems and navigational computer hardware.

In the closing paragraphs, I will outline the reasons why our political, business and technical leaders should begin immediately to push for the development and utilization of VADA. I will first address the economic impact of VADA on the inner cities of this country.

It is highly likely that, when the VADA comes, as it inevitably will, the economic impact on expensive newly constructed high rise buildings will be substantial. The tremendous mobility brought about by the advent of VADA will mean that people will be totally free to commute to a job wherever it may be. I am quite sure that an ultra modern new office building of 6 to 10 stories with atriums and waterfalls built on a roomy location will prove far more attractive to an office worker of the future than the cold and sterile steel towers located in the downtown areas of our cities. I believe that the office buildings of the future will be built in conjunction with recreational facilities, such as tennis courts and golf courses.

With the explosion of new communication technology, such as the video phone and high speed electronic transmission of letters, drawings, etc., it may well be that having office buildings contiguously located will no longer be logistically necessary or desirable. I believe very strongly that many of the high rise office buildings being built at such a feverish pace in our inner cities may find few takers when the AGE OF SPACIAL MOBILITY becomes fully implemented.

The same rationale will apply to residential construction. When people have a choice between homes of equal quality at $100,000 vs. $500,000, their choice will be obvious. If the $100,000 home can further offer compatible neighbors, security, clean air, a more productive educational plan, home grown vegetables, and lower monthly living costs, the inducement to leave the cities will be compelling.

Without a doubt the greatest immediate benefit of VADA technology would be in the field of public transportation. For a small fraction of the cost of surface modes of transit, VADA can be employed to achieve a truly rapid transit system. The VADA system of rapid transit would economically self-supporting from its very inception. It would make it possible and practical for any person living within the megalopolis to be within a 10 minute walk of a VADA flight stop. The air pollution resulting from the use of our present rapid transit system and the private passenger car for commuting purposes would be totally eliminated upon the full implementation of VADA vehicles.

There is another important factor that should be brought to the attention of our political and military leaders. It is obvious that VADA would provide a most important element of a sound and realistic national defense. If we will imagine for a moment that VADA was in existence, it could provide the means for large numbers of our people to evacuate any metropolitan area between the time of early warning and the arrival of a missile over the target. If the population of the cities were to become decentralized in self-sufficient MINI TOWNS, of course, the ability to survive would be still further enhanced. It is my belief that the greatest deterrent this country can offer against a nuclear attack is to make it clear to all the world that a major portion of our citizens would be able to survive such an attack and retain their will to live and defend our free society.

In addition to its use for civil defense, the VADA craft that we have described would also possess tremendous military potential. I would go so far as to predict that it would ultimately make obsolete nearly every weapons system that is now in existence. As I have previously indicated, VADA could function outside of our atmosphere for long periods of time. In addition, it would also be able to hover in a geostationary mode at any altitude. I envision armed, unmanned VADA craft patrolling a safety zone several thousand miles from our continental shores. Such craft could not only intercept intercontinental missiles but could also be positioned to intercept short-range missiles fired from submarines.

I sincerely believe that the major thrust of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) research should be directed at my propulsion system rather than toward exotic laser and particle beam technology. The payoff will be immensely greater for both military and civilian purposes.

Historically we find the most significant technological breakthroughs have come about by means of government funded research. It is this author’s intent to bring his propulsive concept to the attention of the appropriate government agencies for further evaluation. Even though the commercial value of this propulsion system would be incalculable, I deem it unlikely that private companies would underwrite the development of the VADA propulsive concept. Although the principle of my concept is extremely fundamental, I believe that its perfection into a workable full scale model will require a major scientific breakthrough in at least one specific area of physics. This conclusion indicates to me that large scale government funding will be required to develop my propulsive concept.

In summarizing this essay, I would like to conclude with the following remarks: There is no solution to America’s multiplicity of problems that can be solved by bureaucratic or governmental initiatives working within the bounds of our present sociological and technological status. Only an evolutionary process based upon a quantum leap in mobility can revive the American economy and restore our nation’s spiritual strength. Every indication points to the conclusion that America stands at a point in her history when the leadership of the nation should present to the people more imaginative plans of action than have ever been proposed since the founding of the country.

If America is to fulfill its destiny in the remaining years of this century we must start now to utilize the vast spacial dome that surrounds our earth. Our political and scientific leaders should unite in this task and commence immediately to develop and build a vehicle which will free us from our earthly bonds and make available to all the utility and freedom of the skies.