Sneak Peek at the Moon to Mars Report

[Tuckerfan]

It won’t be released until June 16th, but it’s already been leaked to the press. There are some promising things in the report, IMHO

“The Commission believes that commercialization of space should become the primary focus of the vision, and that the creation of a space-based industry will be one of the principal benefits of this journey,” the report states. “Today an independent space industry does not really exist. Instead, we have various government funded space programs and their vendors. Over the next several decades – if the exploration vision is implemented to encourage this – an entirely new set of businesses can emerge that will seek profit in space.”

[Tuckerfan]

And it’s up! Looks good, too, IMHO.

The space exploration vision offers an extraordinary opportunity to stimulate mathematics, science, and engineering excellence for America’s students and teachers - and to engage the public in a journey that will shape the course of human destiny. The Commission recommends:

The Space Exploration Steering Council work with America’s education community and state and local political leaders to produce an action plan that leverages the exploration vision in support of the nation’s commitment to improve math, science, and engineering education. The action plan should:

increase the priority on teacher training;
provide for better integration of existing math, science, and engineering education
initiatives across governments, industries, and professional organizations; and
explore options to create a university-based “virtual space academy” for training
the next generation technical work force.