I am starting a short mini-series of diaries, talking about the White House's Review of Human Space Flight Plans Committee. The point of this mini-series is to advocate action for a specific plan going forward, for NASA and US human spaceflight policy. The main issues I plan to address in this series of diaries is
- We, (Democrats/liberals/progressives) should embrace human space development.
- We should embrace space commercialization, particularly as it relates to all earth to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) transportation.
- We should reject any and all plans that continue to utilize the Space Shuttle, its assets, its workforce, or any derivatives there of.
At the end of this, I hope to have you convinced to pursue action, in multiple forms.
But before I get into the details to convince you, I need to give you the background, so you know what President Obama is considering.
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