![]() ![]() We should've worked out ways that we can. "We should've asked China to be a portion of the space station. Why American's space exploration endeavors should be multinational And our education system, in science, technology, engineering and math, was at the top of the world. "There's no doubt who was a leader in space after the Apollo Program. And in the process, they bring home the bacon to whatever constituency they represent.Īstronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on July 20, 1969. Since the very beginnings of rocket travel, we've had a policy of some sort coming out of the executive branch, and then the legislative branch decides maybe how to oversee that, diddle around with it a little here or there. And because of that, not only am I putting forth my own plan for the future, but I'm forming a foundation that should look at the evolution of space policy. ![]() "We have great opportunities in front of us, and I think we haven't done all that well in the past. groveling around, trying to get political favors for a particular district and not looking 20, 30 years into the middle of the 21st century. What we need is leadership willing to look out into the future, and not, 'What's in it for me right now?' There's just too much of this. "I think we're talking ourselves into this gloomsday period. NASA has contracted with commercial companies SpaceX, Orbital ATK, and Sierra Nevada Corporation to deliver science investigations, cargo, and supplies to the crews living in space, and soon Boeing and SpaceX will transport astronauts to and from the station.On why space exploration is important, despite a budget-conscious political environment National Laboratory, which the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) manages for research investigations that improve life on Earth. Because molecules and cells behave differently in space, research in microgravity helps advance scientific knowledge. The space station is a U.S. Built between 19, the space station has housed humans continuously since Nov. The International Space Station is a model for global cooperation and scientific advancements that is enabling growth of private industry in low-Earth orbit and development of new technologies to advance human space exploration. One of many steps in assembling the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Atlantis delivered the S0 Truss Structure (the big set of solar panels across the top of the picture), which the crew installed on top of the Destiny module. Tragically, NASA lost two crews of seven in the 1986 Challenger accident and the 2003 Columbia accident. The space shuttle pushed the bounds of discovery ever farther, requiring not only advanced technologies but also the tremendous efforts of thousands of civil servants and contractors throughout NASA's field centers and across the nation. Humanity's first reusable spacecraft, the space shuttle carried people into orbit repeatedly launched, recovered and repaired satellites conducted cutting-edge research and built the largest structure in space, the International Space Station. Over 30 years, NASA's space shuttle fleet-Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour-flew 135 missions and carried 355 different people to space. ![]() and Soviet spacecraft and paved the way toward international partnerships in space. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docked together U.S. Astronaut Tom Stafford (foreground) and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov make their historic handshake in space on July 17, 1975. ![]()
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