Space Policy Edition #1-How We Got Here: Human Spaceflight at the End of the Obama Era

Published: June 3, 2016, 5 a.m.

b'In the premiere of this new monthly series we briefly examine the latest move by the House of Representatives in the game of NASA\'s budget and then discuss what Lockheed Martin\'s new "Mars Base Camp" proposal takes from The Society\'s Humans Orbiting Mars workshop. Our featured discussion takes a deep dive into the story of President Obama\'s impact on human spaceflight--how NASA ended up with a mixed program of commercial systems and big government programs.'