The Explore Mars organization sponsored a recent workshop in DC:
Workshop Report WASHINGTON, DC — January 14, 2014 — A global working group of more than sixty leaders from more than thirty government, industry and academic organizations issued a joint statement today announcing consensus that a human mission to Mars is both feasible and affordable assuming policy consistency among international space agencies and levels of funding consistent with pre-sequestration levels and modest increases annually in line with inflation… View Report
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The latest selection of space policy related links:
- Guest column: Seek common space goal – Florida Today
- Twitter / Simberg_Space: “He mischaracterizes my opinion, and column. I didn’t say there was no role for government.”
- Chasing the Dream – Space KSC
- NASA extends International Space Station 2024, but is the science worth it? – Orlando Sentinel
- President’s FY2015 Budget Request to Be One Month Late – SpacePolicyOnline
- NASA Will Miss Congressional Deadline for Next Discovery Solicitation – SpaceNews.com
- Closing out the ASRG program – The Planetary Society
- Catastrophic Space Debris Events Every 5-9 Years: Report – On Space/Aviation Week
- The Reasons for H.R. 3625 – AmericaSpace – No, it’s an absurdly unreasonable bill meant to protect boondoggles.
- Toxic Russian Rocket Fuel Target of Kazakh Anger – The Moscow Times