The executive director of The Planetary Society, Louis D. Friedman, penned a worthy editorial last Saturday in The Houston Chronicle. It is recommended for reading by those who have concern with space policy in Washington.
Former US Senator and Apollo 17 astronaut-scientist Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt resigned from The Planetray Society last year when the advocacy organization openly supported a NASA program that would take humans to Mars rather than the Moon.
Both Dr. Schmitt and Dr. Friedman do agree that NASA should move beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO). This Blogger continues to support the 'Dash Out of LEO' option by building the Ares-V and then, once in orbit, put a real propulsion system on it and let's go to the Moon, Mars, and the asteroids. It is time to be bold and make them all destinations as opposed to wish petitions!
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