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Planetary Radio • Mar 01, 2019
Space Policy Edition: When a (Space) Cowboy Came to Washington
On This Episode
John M. Logsdon
Board of Directors of The Planetary Society; Professor Emeritus and founder, Space Policy Institute, The George Washington University
Casey Dreier
Chief Advocate & Senior Space Policy Adviser for The Planetary Society
Mat Kaplan
Planetary Radio Host and Producer for The Planetary Society
Historian John Logsdon discusses his new book, Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier. It explores the legacy of the 40th president’s major space policy decisions. We look at four major topics: early efforts at commercializing space, the survival crisis for planetary exploration, the Space Shuttle, and the decision to build the space station. Casey also shares good news about NASA's newest budget and how a battle between rocket companies could spell trouble for NASA's Lucy mission.
- Ronald Reagan and the Space Frontier (amazon.com)
- NASA just got its best budget in a decade (planetary.org)
- What is NASA's budget? A new resource by The Planetary Society
- NASA’s Lucy mission gets caught in a fight between rocket companies (planetary.org)