ARES Institute, Inc. Welcomes Florida Space Summit And Challenges The President To Outline A Clear Vision For NASA

Six weeks ago, on February 1, 2010, the Administration of President Obama released the Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The request, with the support of NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden (Maj. Gen., Ret.), calls for canceling development of the agency's next-generation space transportation system, known as Constellation, and replacing it with an increased emphasis on commercial launch providers to Low Earth Orbit along with research into heavy-lift and advanced propulsion systems and Earth science.