Comments on: Reaction to the new national space transportation policy: positive, but bland http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/11/24/reaction-to-the-new-national-space-transportation-policy-positive-but-bland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reaction-to-the-new-national-space-transportation-policy-positive-but-bland Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Fred Willett http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/11/24/reaction-to-the-new-national-space-transportation-policy-positive-but-bland/#comment-441757 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:43:26 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6720#comment-441757 It doesn’t really matter.
Commercial space has it’s foot firmly wedged in the door now.
Policy documents can blather all they like about balance between private and public space. It’s irrelevant. Over time private commercial space is growing. Public government efforts are withering.
It’s a pity in some ways. NASA has done a lot of good work, and in some areas continues to do good work. But their budget has been in decline for decades now and there are no signs that this is likely to be reversed.

]]> By: Coastal Ron http://www.spacepolitics.com/2013/11/24/reaction-to-the-new-national-space-transportation-policy-positive-but-bland/#comment-441740 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:57:28 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=6720#comment-441740 A space policy is a good idea, but unless the rest of the government supports the policy with funding and by not interfering with pork politics, it’s not going to matter.

Considering how polarized the two parties are, and how unimportant space is right now, I don’t see much happening with this…

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