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National Space Policy Essay

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The National Space Policy has undergone changes throughout its new crefied in the Vision for Space Exploration, which led to the creation of the Constellation program. NASA developed the Constellation Program which was a manned spaceflight program, with goals to complete the ISS (International Space Station) and return to the moon no later that 2020. The Constellation program included the Orion crew module, the Altai lunar lander, and Ares 1 and 5 rockets. In August 2006 a new National Space Policy was released which the National Security Council stated, “we need to reflect the fact that space has become an even more important component of U.S. Economic security, National security, and homeland security (Bush Sets Defense as Priority, 2017).” …show more content…

Next promise was to use private sectors to improve spaceflight, i.e. Boeing, SpaceX, General Atomics type companies, which his promise was kept. Next promise which was kept was to work with international allies on space stations like the ISS (International Space Station) so we can eventually have a different means for sending crews to these space stations. Next promise that was kept was to enhance partnership with the potential ISS, which enlisted federal agencies, industries, and academia to develop new research projects on the ISS. Next promise was to use the ISS for fundamental and biological research which was to understand the long-term effects of space travel on human health and to test emerging technologies to enable improved travel. Next promise which was broken, but president Donald Trump stated this year that there will be a human mission to the moon during his presidency. Next promise was to “conduct robust research and development on future space missions, which was to address the development program for long-term needs for future human and robotic missions. Next, was to increase the spending to prepare for longer space missions, which was to include Mars Sample Return missions and future missions to the moon,

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