...the 40th anniversary of America's first space flight and the 20th anniversary of the Space Shuttle's first flight, the NASA History Office, headed by Stephen Garber, combined efforts with NASA's Office of Policy and Plans, and the George Washington University Space Policy Institute to present a one-day symposium on May 8, 2001 on the history, policy, and future of America's human space-flight program. This book contains the transcripts of the presentations made by NASA Administrator Dan Goldin; author Charles Murray; Apollo astronaut "Buzz" Aldrin; several Shuttle astronauts; historian and policy analyst, John Logsdon; astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson; Mars mission advocate, Robert Zubrin; and others as they interpret the...

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