More Doom and Gloom About Human Space Flight
Flying on empty, Houston Chronicle
“The signals coming from a presidential commission compiling recommendations for the future of NASA’s manned space program are alarming, particularly for communities like Houston that have a large economic stake riding on the outcome. At a public meeting in Washington last week in preparation for delivering its final report to the White House later this month, members of the 10-person Human Space Flight Plans Committee said the space agency lacks the financial fuel to support efforts to put astronauts on the moon and Mars in the relatively near future. As they whittled down the potential options for President Barack Obama, comments were grim.”