Roundup: Obama’s policy aims to revitalize space program John Holdren and Charlie Bolden “Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan are genuine American heroes who brought immense courage and competence to the historic manned moon missions they led. Obviously, they are more than entitled to their opinions about the best way forward for America’s space program today. But their opinions would be more worthy of attention if they were based […]

Nye takes Armstrong to the moon, Politico “In April, Armstrong and Apollo commanders Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan called Obama’s effort to scrap plans to return manned rockets to the moon “devastating.”Nye told POLITICO the astronauts were ignoring longer-term goals of exploring other parts of space. “They’re solar systemic heroes, but they have not had their eye on the ball the last couple of decades,” Nye said in a stop […]

Letter to Senators Mikulski and Shelby from Apollo Astronauts Neil Armstrong, James Lovell, and Eugene Cernan, 20 July 2010 “This week, Chairman Gordon of the House Committee on Science and Technology released his Committee’s version of the NASA Reauthorization Bill. Cosponsored by Committee Ranking Member Hall, Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairwoman Giffords and Space and Aeronautics Ranking Member Olson, the bill reflects the Committee’s belief of those plan components necessary […]

The Manual Pages That Saved Apollo 13, Gizmodo “On April 13, 1970–321,860 kilometers into its Moon trip–an oxygen tank exploded in the Odyssey’s Service Module. James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise had a really big problem. These pages saved their lives. The pages–with notes from Lovell–will be up for auction April 13 at Bonhams in New York.”