President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy

Presidential Commission formed by US President George W. Bush

The President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy was a Presidential Commission formed by United States President George W. Bush on January 27, 2004, through the Executive Order 13326.^[1] Its final report was submitted on June 4, 2004.

Commissioners

There were nine members of the commission:^[2]

Edward C. Aldridge Jr. - Chairman
Carly Fiorina
Michael P. Jackson
Laurie Leshin
Lester L. Lyles
Paul D. Spudis
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Robert S. Walker
Maria T. Zuber

Hearings

There were five public hearings held by the commission to gain a variety of different perspectives. They were as follows:

February 11, 2004 - National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, D.C.
March 3–4, 2004 - United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
March 24–25, 2004 - Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
April 15–17, 2004 - Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, San Francisco, California
May 3–4, 2004 - Asia Society, New York City

Findings

The committee's findings and recommendations were:*^[3]

Space exploration must be a national priority
NASA's relationship to the private sector must be transformed
Key technologies must be developed
A robust space industry is required
International resources are valuable
A space program can stimulate math, science, and engineering education

References

^ "Executive Order: President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
^ "Personnel Announcement". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2004-01-30. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
^ "Report of the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy" (PDF). Govinfo.unt.edu. June 2004. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

External links

"President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond : UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
"President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond to Meet in Atlanta". Spaceref.com. 2004-03-10. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
"President Bush Announces New Vision for Space Exploration Program". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2004-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-09.

NASA

Policy and history

History (creation)	NACA (1915) National Aeronautics and Space Act (1958) Space Task Group (1958) Paine (1986) Rogers (1986) Ride (1987) Space Exploration Initiative (1989) Augustine (1990) U.S. National Space Policy (1996) CFUSAI (2002) CAIB (2003) Vision for Space Exploration (2004) Aldridge (2004) Augustine (2009)
General	Space Race Administrator and Deputy Administrator Chief Scientist Astronaut Corps Ranks and positions Chief Budget NASA research spinoff technologies NASA+ NASA TV NASA Social Launch Services Program Mercury Control Center Manned Space Flight Network Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building Launch Complex 39 Launch Complex 48 Launch Control Center Operations and Checkout Building Johnson Space Center Mission Control Lunar Sample Laboratory Science Mission Directorate

History
(creation)

NACA (1915)
National Aeronautics and Space Act (1958)
Space Task Group (1958)
Paine (1986)
Rogers (1986)
Ride (1987)
Space Exploration Initiative (1989)
Augustine (1990)
U.S. National Space Policy (1996)
CFUSAI (2002)
CAIB (2003)
Vision for Space Exploration (2004)
Aldridge (2004)
Augustine (2009)

General

Human spaceflight
programs

Past	X-15 (suborbital) Mercury Gemini Apollo Skylab Apollo–Soyuz (with the Soviet space program) Space Shuttle Shuttle–Mir (with Roscosmos State Corporation) Constellation
Current	International Space Station Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Commercial Crew Orion Artemis Lunar Gateway

Robotic programs

Past	Hitchhiker Mariner Mariner Mark II MESUR Mars Surveyor '98 New Millennium Lunar Orbiter Pioneer Planetary Observer Ranger Surveyor Viking Project Prometheus Mars Exploration Mars Exploration Rover
Current	Living With a Star Lunar Precursor Robotic Program Earth Observing System Great Observatories program Explorers Voyager Discovery New Frontiers Solar Terrestrial Probes Commercial Lunar Payload Services SIMPLEx

Individual featured
missions
(human and robotic)

Past	Apollo 11 COBE Mercury 3 Mercury-Atlas 6 Magellan Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Galileo timeline GALEX GRAIL WMAP Space Shuttle Spitzer Space Telescope Sojourner rover Spirit rover LADEE MESSENGER Aquarius Cassini Dawn Kepler space telescope Opportunity rover timeline observed RHESSI InSight Ingenuity helicopter flights
Currently operating	Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 2001 Mars Odyssey New Horizons International Space Station Hubble Space Telescope Swift THEMIS Mars Exploration Rover Curiosity rover timeline GOES 14 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter GOES 15 Van Allen Probes Solar Dynamics Observatory Juno Mars Science Laboratory timeline NuSTAR Voyager 1 Voyager 2 WISE MAVEN MMS OSIRIS-REx Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Mars 2020 Perseverance rover timeline James Webb Space Telescope timeline PACE
Future	Joint Polar Satellite System NISAR Europa Clipper Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope