The New US Approach to Human Spaceflight

President Barack Obama will announce tomorrow 15 April at NASA's Kennedy Space Station the new space policy :

• plans to continue development of a stripped-down version of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle for use as a crew lifeboat on the International Space Station.
• plans to initiate development of a heavy-lift launch vehicle by 2015.

See the following documents (source: http://www.floridatoday.com):

- The fact sheet on Obama’s proposal:

Click here to download:

A_Bold_Approach_for_Space_Exploration_and_Discovery.pdf (26 KB)

- How the proposal affects Florida space workers:

Click here to download:

Florida’s_Space_Workers_and_the_New_Approach_to_Human_Spaceflight.pdf (37 KB)

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