It is a growing concern that the public believes NASA is closing its doors. This is far from true. Although NASA’s shuttle fleet retired in 2011 after 30 years of admirable and groundbreaking service, the space agency’s vibrant mission is far from over. We need to keep the fires of the agency’s spirited agenda burning [...]

By Gerry Griffin, Bernard Harris, Tom Jones and Nick Lampson The roll-out of the 2013 budget signals a new round of discussions and deliberation on the issues critical to our nation. We encourage Congress to consider NASA’s budget carefully. Securing a robust budget for NASA and the nation’s space program is not only an investment [...]

Space is No Place for the United States to Waver Published in Space News July, 4, 2011 Glenn Mahone, Chairman of the Coalition for Space Exploration Space News 7-4-2011 Glenn Mahone

As America struggles to recover from its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, we are at grave risk of losing our technical edge to increasingly more capable global competitors. The prosperity we are striving to revive is a product of past commitments to education and investments in science and technology that we have hesitated [...]

Dear President Obama: The future of America’s civilian space program rests in your hands. Your decisions must ensure that America builds upon a heritage of space leadership that has been hard-earned over the decades. Doing so will place this country on an energetic, inspiring and sustainable path in space – one that contributes to our [...]