The Astrosociology Research Institute (ARI) is a California nonprofit public benefit educational and research organization dedicated to the development of astrosociology as a multidisciplinary academic field. Its mission includes providing assistance to individuals and organizations that choose to pursue ARI's mission as stated on the home page of www.astrosociology.org. It's mission emphasizes assistance to students conducting astrosociological study and research. ARI is the original nonprofit corporation dedicated to the development of astrosociology as an accepted field in academia and to cutting-edge astrosociological research. An important part of ARI's mission is the study of astrosocial phenomena; that is, space-related activities and related issues. The focus is on the human dimension of space exploration. ARI is dedicated to working with the STEM-related disciplines and fields for an increasingly holistic understanding of space issues. The Astrosociology Research Institute is not a space advocacy group. Rather, ARI dedicates itself to conducting science and to help others do the same so that we may all construct a coherent astrosociological body of knowledge and related literature, and place the field of astrosociology into academia as a permanent fixture.