Monthly Archives: November 2012

The Vision for Space Exploration: After the Vision, What Next? (Part 5)

Many of us working in or with NASA recognized that the 2004 Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) was a breakthrough, the necessary fulcrum needed to change our approach and direction to spaceflight.  It was a program that would have opened … Continue reading

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The Vision for Space Exploration: A Brief History (Part 4)

In the last installment, I described NASA’s development of Project Constellation, the architecture chosen during the Bush Administration to implement the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE).  When President Barack Obama assumed the nation’s helm in 2009, his attitude toward the … Continue reading

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The Vision for Space Exploration: A Brief History (Part 3)

In the second part of my series detailing the history of the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), Sean O’Keefe had announced that his tenure as NASA Administrator was over and the search had begun for a new administrator.  Despite the … Continue reading

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