Space Policy Alternatives

Radford Byerly

Preface -- Introduction -- Overview -- The Future of the Unmanned Space Program -- The Lonely Race to Mars: the Future of Manned Spaceflight -- Context -- The Nasa Budget: for Whom, for What, and How Big? -- Nasa and the Budget Process -- Decision Making and Accountability in the U.S. Space Program: A Perspective -- The Role of Incentives and Accountability in Industry and Government -- Policy Issues Pertaining to the Space Exploration Initiative -- Low Cost Access to Space for Small Science and Technology -- Programs -- NASA'S Space Science Program: The Vision and The Reality1 -- And Then There Was One: The Changing Character of NASA'S Space Science Flight Program -- Eos, The Earth Observing System: NASA'S Global Change Research Mission -- The Future of the Space Station Program* -- The Space Shuttle Program: Performance Versus Promise -- Conclusions -- Imagined Frontiers: Westward Expansion and the Future of the Space Program -- Can the United States Conduct a Vigorous Civilian Space Program?