[FPSPACE] Space and the new US government

[Joel Powell]

   One might ask whether the incoming administration will endorse the new
Mars exploration plan
(which is at the very least less ambitious than planned before the recent
fiascos). Perhaps someone can comment on the supposed plan being drafted
by NASA for deep space expeditions by human crews to service the new
generation of space telescopes beyond Earth orbit. The reputed rationale
(as it would be presented to the new Bush administration)
is that the servicing missions would be a prelude to human expeditions to
Mars or the Moon. Is this presentation scenario plausible?  I believe the
story was at space.com

Joel Powell


On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Dwayne Allen Day wrote:

> 
> 
> It might be worth speculating on how the new US government will approach
> space in the coming year.  (Keeping in mind that space is very low
> priority for any president and any Congress.)
> 
> Does anybody have any ideas on what a Republican president and Republican
> Congress will do on the following issues?
> 
> -selecting a NASA administrator
> 
> -future cooperation with Russia on the ISS
> 
> -the fate of the X-33
> 
> -whether or not Triana gets to fly
> 
> 
> Does anybody have other issues to add to the list?
> 
> (I'm not going to speculate myself.  I'm just wondering if there is any
> interest in the subject.)
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> 
> DDAY
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