On July 20, 1989, the 20th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, President George Bush shared his Administration's bold vision for America's space program. He called for a completion of Space Station Freedom followed by human expeditions to the Moon and Mars. He talked about a permanent journey into space as a part of not only the destiny of America, but of all humankind. While Bush did not call for an "Apollo" type of crash effort, he did provide a highly visible and eloquent articulation of America's future in space. Thus began the short-lived effort that came to be known as the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI). And as we shall see, eloquence alone was not enough to secure America's future in space.


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    Title :

    The Space Exploration Initiative: Its Failure and Lessons for the Future


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Fifth International Conference on Space ; 1996 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States



    Publication date :

    1996-07-19




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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