2016 Elections – Human Space Exploration Update

  • Stability is Message to Candidates from NASA Leadership: Bolden seeks stability for NASA in upcoming transition NASA Administrator Charles Bolden hopes the change that comes with a new U.S. presidential administration will not disrupt a current civil space policy focused on resuming human deep space exploration and a goal of reaching Mars with astronauts in the 2030s. Bolden told a Space Transportation Association gathering earlier this week, the agency will reach out to the candidates and their transition teams after party nominating conventions this summer in a bid to explain NASA’s direction. “If you want to change something, tweak it, but whatever you do, don’t break it,” he said. “That will be my message.”
  • Candidates Must Commit to Space: Presidential candidates must commit on space It’s time for the most likely nominees to outline their position on NASA’s future, according to Fred Humphries, president emeritus of Florida A&M University.
  • Space States Can Impact Election of President: How space could decide presidential race John Byron offers his assessment of where the presidential candidates stand and suggests how voters with space exploration as an interest may be able to influence the election’s outcome. “By showing the candidates and their campaigns the election virtue of making space a strong part of their message in those places where that position can sway votes that really count,” he writes.

Citizens for Space Exploration – a pro-space, taxpayer, grassroots advocacy group Citizens Space Explorateion_logo(http://www.bayareahouston.com/content/c_s_e/c_s_e) – has traveled to Washington, D.C. the past 24 years to meet face-to-face with Members/staff of Congress to discuss the value of America’s investment in space exploration. In order to sustain that dialogue on a regular basis, Citizens distributes “Space Exploration Update” to Congressional offices on a weekly basis. The intent is to provide an easy, quick way to stay abreast of key human space exploration program and policy developments.