The 2006 Space Blitz, a citizens space lobbying effort by the multi-organization Space Exploration Alliance patterned after ProSpace’s March Storm, kicked off yesterday. According to a National Space Society press release, “The main focus of this year’s Blitz is to request that Congress fund NASA at the full authorized level of $17.9 billion, which would require an additional $1.1 billion over the President’s request.” (The official agenda of the Blitz specifically calls for full funding of COTS and several science missions.) Organizers plan to meet with members of the House and Senate appropriations committees as well as “other Congressional leaders”; according to NSS executive director George Whitesides, they hope to meet with about three-quarters of House appropriators and a “good chunk” of Senate appropriators. The Space Blitz runs through Wednesday.
