Review of the Proposed National Aeronautics and Space Administration Human Spaceflight Plan


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Review of the proposed National Aeronautics and Space Administration human spaceflight plan : hearing before the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, May 26, 2010.




Review of the Proposed National Aeronautics and Space Administration Human Spaceflight Plan


Book Description

Review of the proposed National Aeronautics and Space Administration human spaceflight plan: hearing before the Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, May 26, 2010.
















Future of NASA


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This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Contents: (1) Intro. and Legislative Context; (2) What is NASA for?; (3) What Should NASA Do?: Human Spaceflight: The Vision for Space Exploration; Current Program to Implement the Vision; Cost and Schedule; Why the Moon?; ¿The Gap¿ and Utilization of the Space Station; Human Spaceflight: The Augustine Comm.; Balancing Competing Priorities; (4) Space Shuttle Program: Why the Shuttle Program is Ending; Possible Extension of the Shuttle Program; (5) Internat. Space Station; (6) Future Access to Space: Orion and Ares; (7) Destinations for Human Exploration; (8) Alternatives to Human Exploration; Robotic Exploration; (9) Other Space Policy Issues; The U.S. Commercial Space Industry; (10) Legislation in the 111th Congress. Charts and tables.







Issues and Opportunities Regarding the U.S. Space Program


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Ever since the completion of the Apollo program, there has been a lack of consensus about the future of human spaceflight. The Columbia tragedy in February 2003 rekindled public debate about this question. In November 2003, the Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board organized a workshop to explore aspects of the question, what should be the principal purpose, goals, and priorities of the U.S. civil space program? This report presents a factual summary of that workshop, which identified past lessons learned and guiding principles for the future of the civil space program. Seven broad themes emerged from the workshop, and these themes are highlighted in the report. The report also presents discussions of strategies for the human spaceflight program and guiding principles of and boundary conditions for a 21st century space policy.