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Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program

January 12th, 2009   By _randall   Filed Under Babble Space, Big Idea Space, Industry Space, Political Space, Student Space  

The Presidents of the National Academy of Science and the
<http://www.nationalacademies.org/>  National Academy of Engineering have
commissioned a study
<http://www7.nationalacademies.org/ssb/rationale_goals_civil_space.html>  on
the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program.

In short, the Academies are asking why the nation has a civil space program
(including human, robotic, commercial, and personal spaceflight). 

The study is intended to provide a strategic framework for the nation's
activities in space that can provide consistent guidance in an increasingly
interconnected world. The members of the study committee are interested in
the views (positive or negative) of the general public, particularly those
people with a scientific and/or technological interest.

Please provide input by January 30, 2009!

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Kennedy vs. Obama on Space

July 30th, 2008   By _randall   Filed Under Political Space  

While Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been compared to John F. Kennedy, Obama has been far less supportive of human spaceflight today than Kennedy was nearly 50 years ago. Michael Huang makes the case for Obama to change course. Visit http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1171/1 to view the article.

Political Space

February 11th, 2008   By _randall   Filed Under Political Space  

Your tax dollars, your space program! What space policy issues are important to you? Should we spend more on NASA, the International Space Station, provide more funding to prize competitions? What does our leadership feel?  What about those aspiring to be leaders?  Election 2008 is alive and kickin, but some of these candidates are kickin space to the curb.  We want to be in the know and we want you to be informed. Don’t forget to vote!