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The New NASA PLan

A Live Interactive Video series on Ustream

Solar System Montage
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Solar System Montage
A planet montage. Credit: NASA
What do you think of the new NASA plan?

Bill Nye and Louis Friedman invite you to join us at a new live interactive video series on Ustream to discuss the new NASA plan.

The U.S. Administration has proposed a major shift in NASA’s human spaceflight program. We think it vital that people throughout the world get involved – to monitor and influence the congressional process and to show Congress we are vitally interested in human and robotic space exploration.

The first webcast will be held at:

The New NASA Plan
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
2:00 PM U.S. Pacific Time (21:00 GMT).

Click here to RSVP or participate in the webcast >>

The topic for this discussion:

Destinations
The new NASA plan for human spaceflight focuses on technologies and milestones that will advance human space flight out of Earth orbit and into the solar system. Mars is the ultimate goal, but the path to get there is defined as flexible to be determined step-by-step. But is it enough to set deadlines for new technologies – like designing a deep space rocket by 2015? Or does NASA need first to set destinations with deadlines – like landing on an asteroid by 2025, and reaching Mars by the mid-2030’s? And what about the Moon -- it is a step toward Mars, or a destination by itself.

Future webcast topics could include the rocket gap, the deep space rocket, and more.

If you wish to participate in the Ustream chat room or ask questions, you will need to set up a free account with Ustream. We recommend you do this prior to the start of the event

If you are unable to attend, the discussion will be archived on Ustream for viewing later.