It’s been nearly six weeks since Vice President Mike Pence charged NASA with landing humans on the moon by 2024. Since then, the space industry, as well as members of Congress, have been seeking answers to two questions: how will NASA carry this out, and for how much?
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There’s little doubt, though, that JWST will eventually launch, even if the March 2021 date slips. The same isn’t the case for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), NASA’s next flagship astrophysics mission.
Foust Forward | Commercial space reform still a work in progress
Despite a fast and furious pace, there are some overdue milestones for both the Commerce Department and the rest of the government.
Foust Forward | Planetary defense goes on the offense
A small asteroid explosion provided another reminder of the hazards that near Earth objects, or NEOs, pose to the Earth. The good news is that NASA’s efforts to track, study and prepare for such hazards is more robust than ever.
The cosmic vision of Jeff Bezos
Blue Origin’s founder explains how New Shepard and New Glenn enable humanity’s future in the solar system.
Foust Forward | The government shutdown’s shadow on commercial space
The shutdown created plenty of more figurative messes that NASA and other government agencies had to clean up after the 35-day shutdown ended in late January.
Foust Forward | Space tourism’s image problem
For the very patient advocates of space tourism, the good news is that 2019 may finally be the year that tourists get to fly on suborbital vehicles.
Foust Forward | Making Wall Street space-savvy again
At least Wall Street is paying attention to the space industry again.
Foust Forward | Moving the needle, ever so slightly, towards space settlement
For decades, space advocates have promoted a vision of space settlement: people living permanently in space, be it on the moon or Mars, or in self-contained space colonies proposed in the 1970s by Gerard K. O’Neill.
Foust Forward | The challenges to Chinese space cooperation
Before we celebrate a new era in U.S.-China space cooperation, though, there are obstacles to overcome on both sides of the Pacific.