Progressive NASA and Space Policy Under a New Administration

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List of panelists at the link.

http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/792/

Progressive NASA and Space Policy Under a New Administration
Friday, July 18th 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Panel, Room 19

NASA is in crisis—overburdened, under-funded and inefficient. Yet the progressive legacy of space, which dates back to JFK, is being quietly reborn: NASA can reinvent itself as a critical resource in climate change mitigation; the UN and some in the U.S. military are collaborating to prevent space weapons from becoming an arms race with China; and progressive “NewSpace” entrepreneurs are creating new domestic high-tech jobs. Before 2009, a new progressive space policy needs to be devised and advocated beyond the traditional space constituencies, to upgrade Bush's failing space exploration vision. Who better to initiate this work than the Netroots?