Think you have better way to get NASA to Moon? Speak up!

William Atkins
Monday, 08 June 2009 17:38

Science - Space

Besides Augustine, the Committee consists of the following members:

Dr. Wanda M. Austin (president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation),

Bohdan Bejmuk (chair of NASA Constellation program Standing Review Board),

Dr. Leroy Chiao (former astronaut),

Dr. Christopher Chyba (professor of astrophysical sciences and international affairs at Princeton University),

Dr. Edward F. Crawley (professor engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Jeff Greason (co-founder and CEO of XCOR Aerospace),

Dr. Charles F. Kennel (chair of National Academies Space Studies Board),

General (retired) Lester L. Lyles (chair of National Academies Committee on the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program),

Dr. Sally Ride (CEO of Sally Ride Science), and

Phil McAlister (executive director of the Committee; special assistant for program analysis, NASA Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation).

The Committee also states that public meetings will be held during the NASA review. The first one will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on June 17, 2009 in Washington, D.C. Further times of meetings will be announced later.

To make your inputs, go to http://hsf.nasa.gov.

Author's note: You have your chance to make recommendations to members of this Committee that is currently evaluating the future of manned spaceflight activities in the United States and, specifically evaluating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Whether your comments are good or bad, you, as citizens of the United States, have the right to make your comments known because your money is going to the operations of NASA.

And, I'm sure NASA would welcome comments from citizens of other countries, too. Especially with NASA partnering these days with many countries around the world in manned and unmanned space activities.