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Later this week at the 2004 International Space Development Conference, the annual conference of the National Space Society in Oklahoma City, there will be one track devoted to space policy issues. That track, scheduled for Friday, features a number of well-known speakers including Courtney Stadd, Dana Johnson, and Jeff Bingham. Randall Clague, government liaison for […] In the May issue of SpaceWatch, the newsletter of the Space Foundation, there’s an article by foundation president Elliot Pulham about public support for the new exploration plan. An excerpt: …in survey upon survey over the past two decades we [the American public] have expressed overwhelming support for the nation’s civil space program. Nonetheless, our […] That’s the name of a grassroots Congressional lobbying campaign planned by the Space Exploration Alliance in July, according to a National Space Society press release. The NSS had already planned a “legislative conference” for July 11-13, where society members would have met with Congressional staffers to discuss space issues; this conference will now be focused […] The AFL-CIO, a federation of labor unions that represents 13 million workers, has unveiled a new web site, America’s Priorities, that criticizes President Bush’s proposed space exploration plan. The centerpiece of the site is a 30-second commercial that starts with a question: “What should America’s priorities be?” The spot then splices sound bites from Bush’s […] Sunday’s Houston Chronicle has a front-page article about the status of the Vision for Space Exploration. (As of this writing the web version of the article is poorly formatted; perhaps the Chronicle is trying to save money by cutting out white space.) The article is largely a straightforward accounting of the obstacles the plan faces, […] In a column published earlier this week by the Naples (Fla.) Daily News, Ben Bova suggests that extending the life of the Hubble Space Telescope could pose a political threat to its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope: NASA’s plans call for a bigger and better space telescope to be sent into orbit before this […] A few small updates about the Space Exploration Alliance: As noted in the comments of the previous posting on this, some organizations, including the NSS and The Mars Society, have posted press releases about the new alliance, although there’s not much in the way of additional details. NASA Watch notes that both the Space Foundation […] As expected, a group of space advocacy organizations announced today that they have joined forces in a loose alliance to promote the new space exploration initiative (read the coverage by SPACE.com and the AP.) The alliance was announced today in Washington at the National Press Club. They have assembled a wide range of participating organizations, […] During his testimony before the Aldridge Commission on Monday afternoon, George Whitesides, the new executive director of the National Space Society, noted that there would be an announcement on Friday about a new coalition of advocacy organizations that will work together to support the new exploration initiative. He didn’t offer any additional details, but it […] To most, the new space exploration initiative announced by President Bush in January is the new national space policy. In fact, a phased review of overall national space policy, started in June 2002, is still ongoing. At the International Policy Seminar, part of the AIAA’s Air and Space Symposium late last month, Brett Alexander of […] |
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