The Politics of NASA – What History Has Taught Us
Every political season brings the same old ideas about what government should do and how it should operate. This election brings a decision between operating government like a business and the discipline it requires, or operating it as an entity that transcends the typical rules of budgeting, balancing, and...
Combining Forces: NASA and the Military
A trial balloon recently floated by incoming President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team raised the possibility of combining the U.S. military’s space capability and funding with NASA’s. An intriguing option that raises numerous possibilities that could help advance the civilian and military uses of space, but one that also warrants...
Decision 2008 and the Future of the Space Program
Perhaps no election is more important to the future of the American Space Program than this one. Americans will have a difficult decision to make with pressing issues on many fronts, but buried in those issues is the very fate of the space program. During the late sixties, no...