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Keynote Address: Goddard Memorial Dinner
Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., April 2005
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Humorous analysis of the feeble state of science literacy in the United States and the consequences to the future of America's economy, security, and future in space. Containing reflections on education, pop culture, international relations, NASA, and religion.
Audience: 1,800 Government, Military, and Space Industry Professionals.
The annual Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner is the major event of the Washington Space Club calendar, first celebrated in 1958. Held each year in late March or early April, near the anniversary of the first successful flight by Dr. Goddard of a liquid-fueled rocket, this black tie event brings together 2,000 members of the government, industry and educational space community.
Final Report: President's Commission on Implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy
A Journey to Inspire, Innovate, and Discover
Cover of the 2004 report of the President's Commission on Implementation of the United State Space Exploration Policy.
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On January 14, 2004, President George W. Bush announced a new vision for America’s civil space program that calls for human and robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This vision set forth goals of: returning the Space Shuttle safely to flight; completing the International Space Station (ISS); phasing out the Space Shuttle when the ISS is complete (about 2010); sending a robotic orbiter and lander to the Moon; sending a human expedition to the Moon as early as 2015, but no later than 2020; conducting robotic missions to Mars in preparation for a future human expedition; and conducting robotic exploration across the solar system. Such a focus for the American space program has not existed since the Apollo era and establishes a much-needed direction and purpose for our national space efforts.
Board members included:
- Commission Chair: Edward C.
Pete
Aldridge, Jr. (Former Under Secretary of Defense) - Carleton S. Fiorina, (Chair and CEO of Hewlett Packard)
- Michael P. Jackson (U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation)
- Laurie Ann Leshin (Planetary Geochemist, Arizona State University)
- Lester L. Lyles (General, U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, RET)
- Paul Spudis (Lunar Geologist, Johns Hopkins University)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist & Director, Hayden Planetarium)
- Robert Smith Walker (Former Congressman & Chair of Science Committee, R. Pa)
- Maria Zuber (Mars Geophysicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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Where We're Headed
Mars. Rogue asteroids. It's exciting stuff. And this time around, it's not just NASA. Here are four trips to keep your eye on.
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