They Are Not All Shills

by Bob Werb February 8, 2010 SpaceFront

Over the last week or so a number of people, including me, have pointed out that much of the dissembling about the proposed NASA budget is being done by people with a financial and/or political interest in maintaining the status quo.  It has been particularity disturbing how often those representing vested interests fail to disclose [...]

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Space Frontier Foundation Praises Death Sentence for Ares

by Space Frontier Foundation January 28, 2010 Advocacy

The Space Frontier Foundation today praised the White House’s decision to cancel NASA’s failed Ares rocket programs and instead invest in private enterprise systems “inspirational” and “a giant leap in the right direction.”

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Ten Reasons Why NASA Must Kill Ares I & Buy Commercial Rides to Space

by Rick Tumlinson January 26, 2010 Enablers

The Space Frontier Foundation has led the fight for a free and open frontier in space for over 20 years. It is our goal that you and your children should have the right to explore and settle space in any way you wish, using your own resources and with the right to harvest the resources [...]

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Ares I: A Pass-Fail Test for Barack Obama

by Space Frontier Foundation January 23, 2010 Advocacy

The case against Ares I is overwhelming. It is overpriced, unnecessary, competes directly with private spaceflight providers and will take so long to develop that it has already created a several years long “gap” in US crewed access to space. The commercial alternatives are based on well-tested, mature systems currently used to launch U.S. military, scientific, and commercial satellites. Adapting these rockets to carry people is cheaper, faster and better.

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The Kennedy Legacy in Space

by Bob Werb December 18, 2009 Featured

When President Kennedy declared in 1962 that “We choose to go to the moon in this decade,” he could not possibly have known that our desire to recapture the lost glories of the Apollo years would put us in a holding pattern, repeating the same mistakes over and over, like a broken record, well into the 21st century. His speech was followed by seven years of breakthroughs—and 40 years of decline.

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Take Back Your Space Program!

by Space Frontier Foundation December 14, 2009 Featured

For decades, the American space program has been held hostage by special interests who have kept us chained to planet Earth. Next year, that will change. In 2010, American citizens will visit Capitol Hill to take back the American space program. First Flight of this year-long effort is scheduled for the week of February 7-12, 2010.

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Elon Presents to Augustine Commission

by William Watson July 14, 2009 Newspace News

Watch as Elon tells the Augustine Commission his favorite way to close the Shuttle retirement- Ares/Orion gap.Elon Presents to Augustine Commission

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