Keith’s note: Let’s start with the loss of Columbia in 2003. O’Keefe talks Bush into completing ISS, then retiring Space Shuttle, then going back to the Moon by 2018 and then on to Mars 10 years Later. Then Iraq happens and Griffin changes course with the “Apollo on Steroids” thing and pivots toward Mars and away from the Moon. Then Obama tells Bolden “Moon – been there, done that, lets […]

Jeb Bush Wants Aspirational Goals for NASA, SpacePolicyOnline “Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush enthusiastically called for NASA to pursue aspirational goals in concert with the private sector during a campaign Town Hall meeting yesterday. The former Florida governor has previously expressed his support for the space program. … Asked what he would do as President to get Congress to allocate more money to NASA to restore U.S. leadership in space, […]

‘Space Guy’ Jeb Bush Would Increase Funding To NASA, Huff Post “If elected president in 2016, Jeb Bush would propose an increase in funding to NASA. “I’m a space guy,” Bush said in a Wednesday sit-down with the New Hampshire Union Leader’s editorial board. The former of governor of Florida, where a large portion of the country’s aerospace industry resides, said he would also support increasing federal spending on research […]

– Beyond the Moon: Inside Bush’s space plan (Part 1 of 3), 14 Jan 2004 – Beyond the Moon: Inside Bush’s space plan (part 2 of 3), 15 Jan 2004 – Beyond the Moon: Inside Bush’s space plan (Part 3 of 3), 16 Jan 2004 “The advantages were obvious. The new capsules would not require a huge new rocket like Apollo’s Saturn V — even though the Apollo capsules did. […]

Obama failed space program; Romney would revitalize it, opinon, Gene Cernan, Orlando Sentinel “Frankly, the world’s leading space-faring nation shouldn’t have to pay Russia for rides to the International Space Station. That’s not only an insult to the hundreds of women and men like me who have built a legacy based on, literally, reaching for the stars, but it also hurts the local economy and puts local jobs at risk […]

Report: Transportation Safety Board Less Aggressive in Last Decade, Fox “… Carmody and Goglia are two NTSB members who faulted the leadership style of Ellen Engleman Conners, who was chairwoman of the board from 2003 to 2005, for the decline in investigations during the Bush administration. Engleman Conners required all board votes be unanimous, something that had never been common practice, they said. She also was very frugal, which former […]

Today NASA put form to words spoke by President Bush a year and a half earlier. Standing on the same stage in the NASA Headquarters auditorium Mike Griffin let pictures serve to illustrate how America would return to the moon. Contrary to the initial public impression of Bush’s Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) which was seen as a program to send humans to Mars, Mars barely got mentioned today.