{"id":5616,"date":"2013-12-10T07:12:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T07:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5616"},"modified":"2013-12-10T07:12:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T07:12:32","slug":"americas-space-futures-new-space-policy-book-to-be-discussed-at-capitol-hill-event-dec-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5616","title":{"rendered":"“America’s Space Futures” – New space policy book to be discussed at Capitol Hill event, Dec.13th"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Friday the\u00a0George C. Marshall Institute<\/a>\u00a0will hold an event on Capitol Hill titled:<\/p>\n

America\u2019s Space Futures: Defining Goals for Space Exploration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date\/Time<\/strong>
\nDate(s) –\u00a012\/13\/20132:00 pm – 3:30 pm<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>
\n2325 Rayburn House Office Building<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite broad popular support for NASA and the importance of America\u2019s efforts in space, the American space program is adrift, uncertain about the future and unclear about the purposes it serves. \u00a0Policymakers in the White House and Congress have papered over the uncertainty with compromises that sometimes leave NASA working against itself and no one satisfied.<\/p>\n

On December 13, 2013 the George C. Marshall Institute will release a new book,\u00a0America\u2019s Space Futures: Defining Goals for Space Exploration<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which responds to this challenge by considering the costs, benefits and risks of different visions for the American space program. In a series of essays, the authors offer out-of-the-box thinking and analyses that lay out a space future that sets priorities to achieve a specific national goal.<\/p>\n

The event will include discussion by the book\u2019s authors:<\/p>\n