2013 National Space Transportation Policy “The United States has long been a leader in space, and President Obama remains committed to maintaining America’s competitiveness in the aerospace sector. The National […]
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2013 Space Policy: A Scattershot Experience
Lots of Meetings But No Unified Message on Future Space Exploration, SpacePolicyOnline (Marcia Smith) “Four meetings in Washington, D.C. over this past week addressed the future of space exploration, but […]
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Neil Tyson's Stealth Presentation at National Academy of Sciences
Keith’s note: Neil Tyson will be talking about “Delusions of Space Enthusiasts” on Wednesday from 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT at the National Academy of Sciences’ Human Spaceflight panel. WebEx […]
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NAS Space Studies Board Quietly Announces Online Public Access After Event Starts
NAS SSB: Committee on Human Spaceflight Meeting Keith’s note: Only after today’s event began did the NAS Space Studies Board bother to tweet that there was a Webex feed for […]
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NASA is Adrift
Logsdon and Pace Criticize Lack of White House Leadership on NASA, Say Agency is Adrift, SpacePolicyOnline “George Washington University (GWU) space policy experts John Logsdon and Scott Pace agree NASA […]
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National Space Society Leadership Change
Letter from Paul Damphousse to National Space Society Board “During the last year in this role it has become abundantly clear, however, that as long as elements of the existing […]
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What Is A National Consensus on Space?
Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum; The NRC Report and The Need for a Broad National Space Policy, Dennis Wingo “…The above sentence in its implication says that a scientifically justifiable […]
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Charlie Bolden's Meandering Strategic Plans
Nasa plan to ‘lasso’ asteroid the size of two buses and turn it into a ‘space station’ to orbit the moon, Daiy Mail “Nasa scientists are planning to capture a […]
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Bolden: NASA Does Not Have To Actually Go To An Asteroid
Bolden: Don’t Have to Travel Far to Asteroid to Meet President’s Goal, Space PolicyOnline “Bolden said that when the President announced that an asteroid would be the next destination for […]
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The Space Policy Wheel Turns
Here We Go Again. The Space Policy Wheel Turns. What Was, Is, Dennis WIngo Just as the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 did not put the Central Pacific and Union […]