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Origins of 21st-century space travel : a history of NASA's Decadal Planning Team and the vision for space exploration, 1999-2004 /

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Less than one year after the Columbia Space Shuttle accident on 1 February 2003, President George W. Bush announced at NASA Headquarters that the Agency would embark on a new Vision for Space Exploration as it resumed Shuttle flights and worked toward completion of the International Space Station. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Asner, Glen R., 1970- (Author), Garber, Stephen J. (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Division, [2019]
Series:NASA history series.
NASA SP (Series) ; 4415.
Subjects:
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration. > Decadal Planning Team.
Challenger (Spacecraft)
Astronautics and state > United States > History > 21st century.
Astronautics > United States > History > 21st century.
Space flight to Mars > Planning.
Outer space > Exploration > Planning > History > 21st century.
Astronautics.
Astronautics and state.
Discoveries in geography > Planning.
Outer space.
United States.
2000-2099
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / William H. Gerstenmaier
  • Context and background of exploration planning
  • "Sneaking up on Mars": Origins of the Decadal Planning Team
  • Change in leadership, continuity in ideas
  • The Columbia accident and its aftermath
  • "Bold in vision and cheap in expense"
  • Implementing the vision for space exploration.