26 Feb Trading the Moon for Mars
Obama's NASA budget has our space priorities right. In January, President Obama announced a new budget for NASA that would, newspaper headlines screamed, "Eliminate Funds for Manned Missions to the Moon." Instead, the budget proposes new missions in near-Earth orbit. It also directly challenges and...
24 Feb Spaceships Worthy of the Name
In this blog I'm going to talk about what NASA needs to do once Congress has passed President Obama's new budget that starts on October 1st. Although I spent most of last year speaking about these concepts, they may be new to some readers -...
17 Feb Aldrin: ‘Mars is the Next Frontier for Humankind’
This certainly isn't a surprise, considering Buzz Aldrin has been advocating manned missions to destinations other than the moon for some time, but it's certainly worth hearing what the second man on the moon has to say about today's announcement about NASA's shake-up. In a nutshell,...
17 Feb Statement from Buzz Aldrin: A New Direction in Space
This statement was presented to the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy: Today I wish to endorse strongly the President's new direction for NASA. As an Apollo astronaut, I know the importance of always pushing new frontiers as we explore space. The truth is,...
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