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Old January 14th 07, 03:13 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.astro,sci.space.history
Jonathan
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Default ...Meet the Chairman of the "Vision" Implementation Commission

And y'all think this is about going to the moon.


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

Sec. 3. Mission. (a) The mission of the Commission shall be to
provide recommendations to the President, in accordance with
this order, on implementation of the vision outlined in the
President's policy statement entitled "A Renewed Spirit of Discovery"
and the Presidents Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2005
(collectively, "Policy").

(b) The Commission shall examine and make recommendations
to the President regarding:

(i) A science research agenda to be conducted on the Moon and
other destinations as well as human and robotic science
activities that advance our capacity to achieve the Policy;

(ii) The exploration of technologies, demonstrations, and
strategies, including the use of lunar and other in situ
natural resources, that could be used for sustainable human and
robotic exploration;

(iii) Criteria that could be used to select future
destinations for human exploration;
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0040130-7.html



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

Chairman

Edward C. Aldridge Jr.

has served in many top U.S. Defense Department and defense
industry jobs, including as the 16th Air Force secretary
from June 1986 until 1988.

From 1988 to 1992, he was president of the Electronic Systems
Company division of McDonnell Douglas, and later became
CEO of The Aerospace Corporation.

Aldridge was confirmed as the Pentagon's top weapons buyer ***
on May 8, 2001. As the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics, he had responsibility for acquisition,
research and development, logistics, advanced technology,
international programs, environmental security, nuclear,
chemical, and biological programs, and the industrial base.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preside...oration_Policy




Guys just face it, the Defense Dept, and especially the
defense contractors, own Nasa, they own our space
policy and they are lining their pockets while
stealing our future.


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