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By Jeff Foust on 2007 June 15 at 1:28 pm ET Earlier this week the Space Exploration Alliance (SEA) ran another Moon-Mars Blitz to win additional funding for NASA. The SEA released a report on the event late yesterday; since it doesn’t seem to be available on the NSS or SEA web sites, I’ve included the text of the release below: Space Exploration Alliance Completes Successful […] Filed under: Lobbying | Leave a comment By Jeff Foust on 2007 May 21 at 7:46 am ET Next month the Space Exploration Alliance, the loose coalition of space organizations ranging from the NSS to the AIAA, will be holding another “Moon-Mars Blitz” on Capitol Hill. In this week’s issue of The Space Review, I interviewed Chris Carberry, the chairman of the June event, about what’s on the agenda and the overall effectiveness […] By Jeff Foust on 2007 March 22 at 2:39 pm ET Pity the poor Florida state legislator who ventured outside his or her office at the wrong time Wednesday, the Tallahassee Democrat reported, as “representatives from NASA, Lockheed-Martin and the city of Titusville, among others, focused on tracking down and buttonholing the Legislature’s newest lawmakers.” It was “Space Day” in the Florida Legislature, and about 60 […] By Jeff Foust on 2007 March 13 at 6:49 am ET Last week George Washington University hosted the 2007 Planetary Defense Conference, organized by The Aerospace Corporation and co-sponsored by a number of organizations, including NASA. During that meeting NASA released its Congressionally-mandated report on how it would be able to detect 90 percent of all near Earth asteroids 140 meters in diameter and larger by […] By Jeff Foust on 2007 March 8 at 6:21 am ET Last month the NSS conducted its Space Budget Blitz on Capitol Hill, trying to get support for increasing NASA’s budget. Blitz chairman Chris Carberry summarizes the event for Ad Astra, which features meetings with over 60 offices, including face-to-face meetings with Reps. Ralph Hall and Nick Lampson. One item of note from the report is […] Filed under: Lobbying | 9 comments By Jeff Foust on 2007 March 5 at 7:38 am ET In an essay in this week’s issue of The Space Review, Chris Carberry, political director of The Mars Society and organizer of the National Space Society’s recent Space Budget Blitz, argues that members of the space community, be they employees or just enthusiasts, need to do more politically to express their desire for a vigorous […] Filed under: Lobbying | 16 comments By Jeff Foust on 2007 March 3 at 6:13 pm ET ProSpace, the group that bills itself as “The CITIZENS’ Space Lobby dedicated to opening the space frontier”, who be holding its annual March Storm lobbying effort this coming week, bringing dozens of space activists to Capitol Hill for three days of briefings in Congressional offices. ProSpace has posted its “2007 Citizens’ Space Agenda”, which covers […] By Jeff Foust on 2007 February 23 at 1:12 pm ET The Mars Society is asking its members to contact their Congressional representatives and request that they either approve FY2007 supplemental funding for NASA and/or support a budget increase for the space agency in FY08. A key passage from the email sent out by the organization earlier this week: The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) is […] By Jeff Foust on 2007 February 9 at 8:18 pm ET By coincidence, around the same time the Senate is completing debate on the joint funding resolution, the National Space Society will be conducting its Space Budget Blitz 2007 citizens lobbying effort on Capitol Hill. The event was planned months in advance to take place about a week after the FY08 budget proposal was released, but […] |
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