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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Let Private Firms Run Taxis, Panel Said

by William Watson August 1, 2009 Launch Vehicles & CATS

Panel pushes for NASA to let the private sector take over space tourism in order to push the development of a private space industry and allow NASA to pursue other endeavors.
Let Private Firms Run Taxis, Panel Said

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Panel Wants Deep Space, Not Landings as U.S. Goals

by William Watson August 1, 2009 Newspace News

A panel met to discuss the future direction of NASA, pushing for deep space exploration instead of Moon or Mars landings as the next goal.
Panel Wants Deep Space, Not Landings as U.S. Goals

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Space Frontier Foundation Endorses Space Investment Summit 6

by William Watson May 8, 2009 SFF Partner News

Fellow Space Frontier Foundationers & Friends,

The Space Investment Summit Coalition is proud to showcase business opportunities arising from the dynamic interplay between the growing hospitality/tourism/entertainment industries and advances in space-related commerce. Entrepreneurial efforts of whatever kind will no doubt benefit from this development–in Florida and around the world.
~ Paul A. Eckert, Space Frontier Foundation [...]

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