John Logsdon is the founder and from 1987 to 2008 was the director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University.[1] (wikipedia)
Most recommendations are coming out of the VA.
The decisions made over the next few weeks will determine whether the Bush White House is serious about supporting the vision. We've reached a watershed.
It doesn't hurt. The money they provide is very important to the Russians in keeping their capability for human spaceflight active.
It doesn't hurt, ... The money they provide is very important to the Russians in keeping their capability for human spaceflight active.
You might tap an initial pool of people with lots of money and nothing better to do,
It's been pretty well coordinated among the centers. It appears to provide for a smooth transition.
With only two crew aboard, there's some limited research taking place. But most of the crew's time is spent basically maintaining the station so a third crew member gives 33 percent more time and most of that time will be spent on research.
You can't start talking about space until you set an overall policy. Our space relationship gets to a basic question of whether the United States tries to contain an emerging China or engage it.
The fact that it comes at a particularly inopportune moment is unfortunate, but either we are serious about long-term commitments like this or not. Nobody is asking for more money. Apollo was done as a warlike mobilization of national resources and there's no reason to do that now.
It has several elements to it. One is to say that the people who did Apollo were pretty smart,
