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By Emily Lakdawalla

Some Pictures from President Obama's Florida Space Conference

Apr. 15, 2010 | 15:41 PDT | 22:41 UTC

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Bill Nye, Jim Bell, Scott Hubbard, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Elon Musk, and Lou Friedman -- all members of The Planetary Society's Board of Directors -- attended President Obama's Space Conference at the Kennedy Space Center today. Here are a few pictures from the day.

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On the Bus to the Space Conference
Board members, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Jim Bell with John Logsdon on the bus to President Obama's Space Conference, April 15, 2010.

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Planetary Society Board Members at 2010 Space Conference
Planetary Society Board members, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Jim Bell, Scott Hubbard, and Louis Friedman at President Obama's Space Conference in Florida, April 15, 2010.

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President Barack Obama at the Space Conference
President Barack Obama addressing the audience at the 2010 Space Conference om Florida, April 15, 2010.

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President Barack Obama at the Space Conference
President Barack Obama at the 2010 Space Conference in Florida, April 15, 2010.

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Buzz Aldrin and President Obama
Buzz Aldrin and President Barack Obama discuss future missions to Phobos at the 2010 Space Conference, April 15, 2010.

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Space Conference 2010
Buzz Aldrin, Jim Bell, and Louis Friedman with a model of Phobos at President Obama's Space Conference, April 15, 2010.Credit: The Planetary Society

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Lack of orbit launch is untenable ...

Sorry, I can't get past the crippled version of the US space program now. Piggy backing off the Russians is NOT working for me. The PS should be ashamed. You won't ever get my donations.

#1 - Contributor - 04/15/2010 - 21:11

Its about time we get off of the NASA as "jobs program", where we fund it just enough to assure a steady stream of profit for a handful of insider aerospace companies and their shareholders, with just enough left over for a few photo-op flights to appease the public.

Opening up the last frontier is long overdue and this is a major step in the right direction.

Good for you Mr. Obama.

#2 - Albert de Lorenzo - 04/16/2010 - 00:45

I have a different veiw.

this is not a race anymore,that mentality has to change if were ever going to go to mars or an asteroid, we can lower the cost of each seat on the soyuz spacecraft till we build a spacecraft for deep space exploration, the Russians and chinese and india are our partners.

#3 - Anthony Chapman - 04/21/2010 - 07:59

Privatizing space

It is a good idea to divorce the future of Space Exploration from government budget talks. However, I hope there are enough men of vision in the private sector to get around this not being initially profitable.

#4 - William Hubbell - 05/06/2010 - 10:23


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