Space Policy: New Message, Old Voices

Statement from Buzz Aldrin On The White House Space Policy
“The President’s program will help us be in this endeavor for the long haul and will allow us to again push our boundaries to achieve new and challenging things beyond Earth. I believe that this is the right program at the right time, and I hope that NASA and our dedicated space community will embrace this new direction as much as I do. By so doing we can together continue to use space exploration to help drive prosperity and innovation right here on Earth.”
Put NASA on a Diet?! Them’s Fightin’ Words, Mr. President
“… reaction ranged from mild (Buzz Aldrin endorsed Obama’s original plan) to downright irate: moon veterans like Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell slammed the cuts as effectively dismembering the U.S. space program, saying it “destines our nation to become one of second- or even third-rate stature.”
Keith’s note: One thing that is really starting to annoy me: all of the complaining about – or campaigning for – this new policy does is being done by people in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s – most of whom had their shot in the sun a generation or more ago. Where are the voices of the people who will inherit this space program and actually go to these new places? I do not see them being interviewed. And who will be at the Space Conference/Summit/Flyby event at KSC? The usual hand-picked suspects, I suppose – all fighting over table scraps of an old way of doing things.