Mon, May 24, 2010
A Dozen Non-Profit Space And Science Organizations Issue A
Joint Statement Of Support
The Planetary Society has joined the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, the American Astronomical Society, the
Universities Space Research Association and other groups to support
the NASA budget proposal for fiscal year 2011.
A dozen non-profit organizations, representing science and
engineering constituencies as well as the public, issued a
statement of support on Thursday for the human space exploration
plan outlined in NASA's proposed budget. The group includes
America's largest science organization (AAAS) and AIAA, the world's
largest professional aerospace society (the American Institute for
Aeronautics and Astronautics), as well as the largest citizen's
space interest group -- The Planetary Society.
"The new plan for NASA strikes the right balance in priorities,
by focusing NASA's human space flight program on exploration beyond
the Moon and into interplanetary space," states Louis Friedman,
Executive Director of The Planetary Society. "This change will open
up a new era of achievement for a new generation."
The Joint Statement says, in part:
"We believe this is an opportunity for NASA to craft the
exploration strategy in partnership with science and applied
science that includes the International Space Station, safe and
cost-effective access to low Earth orbit, robotic precursors, and
other missions."
Under the new guidelines, space flight to low Earth orbit would
be turned over to the commercial sector, using their long
experience and existing rockets, as well as the entrepreneurial
energy and investment of new companies. American participation in
the International Space Station would be extended, guaranteeing the
space station a customer and American astronauts a near-term
destination, and presaging a future of international cooperation in
space exploration.
The joint statement was issued by the following
organizations:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Astronomical Society
- American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics
- American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
- Associated Universities, Inc.
- Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
- Commercial Spaceflight Federation
- Maryland Space Business Roundtable
- National Space Society
- The Planetary Society
- Space Frontier Foundation
- Universities Space Research Association
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