{"id":455,"date":"2013-02-06T06:11:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T06:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2013-02-06T06:11:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T06:11:48","slug":"dennis-wingo-space-policy-must-span-more-than-just-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=455","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Wingo: Space policy must span more than just NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dennis Wingo<\/a> argues against equating NASA policy with space policy: Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum; The NRC Report and The Need for a Broad National Space Policy – denniswingo<\/a><\/p>\n

Referring back to the mandate of the NRC committee, its mandate was to establish how this national consensus and strategy might be established and communicated<\/em>. \u00a0In their recommendation that a space policy be developed there is a continuing flaw in the philosophical underpinning that equates space with NASA and the development of a strategic direction as sole the province of the government as it relates to the civilian space agency. \u00a0Here is what the report says in this area\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026.If the United States is to continue to maintain international leadership in space, it must have a steady, bold,\u00a0scientifically<\/strong>\u00a0justifiable<\/strong> space program<\/strong> in which other countries want to participate, and, moreover, it\u00a0must behave as a reliable partner.<\/em><\/p>\n

The above sentence in its implication says that a scientifically justifiable space program is the only means to continue its international leadership in space. \u00a0This has been the underpinning of all NASA related strategic thinking for the past thirty years but is it still tenable, is it still complete to say so? \u00a0It is my opinion that the answer is no and indeed it has never truly been the case and to think of space through this narrow lens is actually the reason that we have been unable to come to any kind of national<\/em> consensus on space. \u00a0The key word in their mandate is national consensus, not just a presidential fiat or even a consensus between the congress and the president. \u00a0If we are to move forward toward a national consensus we must look beyond the scientific justifications for a space program and look at the broader aspects of national interest to underpin our reasoning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dennis Wingo argues against equating NASA policy with space policy: Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum; The NRC Report and The Need for a Broad National Space Policy – denniswingo Referring back to the mandate of the NRC committee, its mandate was to establish how this national consensus and strategy might be established and communicated. \u00a0In … Continue reading Dennis Wingo: Space policy must span more than just NASA<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-7l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=497","url_meta":{"origin":455,"position":0},"title":"Dennis Wingo: Expanding a vision of space beyond NASA","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Dennis Wingo recently posted an essay about the need for a space policy that went beyond the usual Space polic =NASA policy paradigm: Space Abhors a Policy Vacuum: The NRC Report and The Need for a Broad National Space Policy -\u00a0 Moonandback. 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