Pod rządami administracji demokratów czeka nas raczej kontynuowanie dotychczasowej polityki kosmicznej.
The global opportunities in space are ever present. While President Kennedy set NASA on a course to win the race against Russia to get to the moon, today, human spaceflight is a global endeavor, with astronauts and cosmonauts living and working together on the International Space Station (ISS). Secretary Clinton is committed to a robust space exploration program that continues our presence on and commitment to the ISS, enables and promotes American commercial space leadership, pursues bold missions into deep space, and supports NASA’s commercial crew program. President Obama challenged NASA and the private sector to seek a bigger vision, and take bolder action on space – and as a result we are already seeing incredible progress. Private companies are now bringing cargo, and soon crew, to the ISS. We are reaching further into the solar system than ever before. And because of strategic investments in the future, we are regaining a leading share of the global launch market for the first time in years.
Secretary Clinton knows that, just like taking on challenges here on Earth, the strongest way to explore and utilize space is by doing so together. Under her leadership, we will have a stronger space program together in partnership with American industry and the international community.
As a young girl, Hillary was so inspired by America’s space leadership that she wrote to NASA about becoming an astronaut herself. As president, Hillary will inspire the next generation of American girls and boys and help ensure that we have a space program that propels us to new frontiers and advances our human aspirations where the sky is no longer the limit.
http://spacenews.com/op-ed-hillary-will-expand-our-space-potential/Można poniższy tekst Charlesa Boldena uznać za wypowiedź podsumowującą kierowanie przez niego NASA oraz zbieżną z planami Demokratów.
Technology
Technology drives exploration. On Earth and in space, NASA is developing, testing and flying transformative capabilities and cutting-edge technologies for a new future of human and robotic exploration. We take emerging technologies and mature them, delivering innovative solutions that can improve our capabilities to explore, save lives and create economic growth.
To help humans reach an asteroid and Mars, we'll continue to evolve technologies like advanced solar electric propulsion, large-scale solar sails, new green propellants, and composite cryogenic storage tanks for refueling depots in orbit. These new space technologies will spawn new knowledge and capabilities to sustain our future missions.
Earth
We're studying Earth right now through current and future spacecraft helping answer critical challenges facing our planet: climate change, sea level rise, freshwater resources and extreme weather events. As an innovation leader in Earth and climate science, NASA is constantly expanding view of our planet from space, with an exceptional team of experts, and decades of innovative scientific and technical research.
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