A New U. S. National Space Policy
Department:
The Future in Space
Teaser:
"The White House rolled out a sweeping national space policy for the United States on Monday focused on international cooperation and reiterating NASA's goal of sending Americans to visit an asteroid by 2025."
Source:
SPACE.com Download time: Jun 29 2010 12:05 PM ET
The White House rolled out a sweeping national space policy for the United States on Monday, one that aims to boost international cooperation and reiterates plans to send Americans to visit an asteroid by 2025.
The 14-page space policy reaches beyond President Barack Obama's plans for NASA – which would shift the goal of U.S. human spaceflight from the moon to visiting asteroids and Mars, according to a plan unveiled in February – touching on future needs for Earth observation, space debris and space security.
"We are releasing a new national space policy, designed to strengthen America's leadership in space while fostering untold rewards here on Earth," President Obama said in a statement Monday. "For even as we continue our relentless focus on the serious challenges we face at home and abroad, our long-term success and leadership as a nation demands that we do not lose sight of the promise of the future."…
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