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Where Is America's Space Program Headed?
As the space shuttle returns to flight, what are our long-term goals in space?
Posted: Friday, July 15, 2005
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EPPC's program on Science, Technology, and Society has published numerous articles relating to the Columbia shuttle accident, President Bush's new Vision for Space Exploration, and the future course of America's civilian space program. These articles, available at the links below, provide useful background for anyone wishing to better understand American space policy as the shuttle returns to flight for the first time since the Columbia accident.
- The New NASA (The New Atlantis, Summer 2005)
- Getting Space Exploration Right (Robert Zubrin, The New Atlantis, Spring 2005)
- 'A Second Kind of Frontier' (The New Atlantis, Fall 2004/Winter 2005)
- The Path Not Taken (Rand Simberg, The New Atlantis, Summer 2004)
- Bush’s NASA Revolution (Adam Keiper, National Review Online, July 20, 2004)
- Red Planet, Wet Planet (The New Atlantis, Spring 2004)
- The Right Plan (Adam Keiper, The New Atlantis, Winter 2004)
- Facing NASA's Earthbound Critics (Adam Keiper, The American Enterprise Online, January 22, 2004)
- A New Vision for NASA (Adam Keiper, The New Atlantis, Fall 2003)
- Year of the Red Planet (The New Atlantis, Summer 2003)
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Leon R. Kass
American Enterprise Institute
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Major Debate on Space Policy
Zubrin and Park square off
Two leading commentators on space policy discussed President Bush's new vision for NASA at EPPC in February 2004. Sparks flew as Robert Zubrin, a leading advocate of manned space exploration, and Robert Park, a leading critic, debated face to face for the first time.
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