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Campaigns Should Support Space Exploration
Arlington VA (SPX) Dec 03, 2007 Presidential campaigns should publicly express their support of NASA's Constellation Program to ensure America's leadership in space exploration as well as boost education, Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion Blakey said. The exploration program, which will return astronauts to the moon and explore Mars and beyond, should not be delayed under any circumstances since there is already a manned spaceflight gap looming. "Space exploration brings enormous national security, economic and scientific benefits to our nation and should be a win-win issue for all the candidates to endorse," Blakey said. "Presidential hopefuls should make their support of Constellation clear and make it an integral part of their campaigns." Over the last two weeks Constellation has emerged as a campaign issue after suggestions by candidates from both parties that the program could be delayed. Other candidates immediately countered with their strong support of the program. Under current funding, there will be a five-year gap in U.S. manned space access after the shuttles are retired in 2010. During that time the United States will need to rely on Russia for access to the International Space Station, which was recently designated a U.S. national laboratory. Constellation will have a powerful effect in attracting students to science, technology, engineering and mathematics studies, disciplines in which the nation is lacking, Blakey said. Founded in 1919, the Aerospace Industries Association represents the nation's leading manufacturers and suppliers of civil, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, space systems, aircraft engines, materiel, and related components, equipment services, and information technology. Related Links Aerospace Industries Association The latest information about the Commercial Satellite Industry
Government Offers 100 Acres Of Land For ISROs' Space Institute
Thiruvananthapuram, India (SPX) Nov 22, 2007Seeking to end the long-drawn row over the land for ISRO's Space Institute here, Kerala Government on Wednesday offered 100 acres of land free-of-cost close to the Ponmudi, a hill station in the district, to the space agency. Disclosing this during his weekly cabinet briefing, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan denied reports in a section of media that the proposed land at Thennur village was forest land. |
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