The Final Report of the “Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee”, better known as the “Augustine Commission”, was released at the end of October 2009. Read it here.

In that report, entitled “Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation”, the Commission found that NASA simply can not accomplish the goals with which it has been tasked and the resources which it has been allocated.

On February 1, 2010, President Obama released his 2011 budget  that invests an additional $6 billion in NASA over the next five years – an overall $100 billion commitment to the agency.  The Presidential Budget also calls for the cancellation of the Constellation program, extension of the International Space Station, and increased usage of commercial launch providers among major shifts at NASA.

More than ever before, it is absolutely critical that the voices of the space advocacy community be heard in the debate over the future of our nation's space program.  SEA calls upon Congress to ensure NASA is a compelling national priority.

Click here for archived information on the 2010 SEA Legislative Blitz

Feb 21-21, 2010: SEA Legislative Blitz in Washington DC

Feb. 22-24, 2009: SEA Legislative Blitz in Washington, DC

Feb 10-12, 2008: SEA Legislative Space Blitz in Washington, DC (press release)
 
Dec 2007 Press Release: SEA Calls for Candidates’ Stance on Space Policy (PDF)
Nov 2007: SEA sets dates for 2008 Space Blitz in Washington DC.

The Space Exploration Alliance is an unprecedented partnership of the nation’s premier non-profit space organizations with a combined membership of more than 700,000 people throughout the United States.

The Space Exploration Alliance members believe in NASA's bold and substantial mandate for human and robotic exploration of the solar system to assure American technological and scientific preeminence in the 21st century.

The nation’s premier non-profit space organizations will work together to communicate to the American public and elected officials that NASA's bold and substantial mandate for human and robotic exploration of the solar system is a compelling national priority that is technically and fiscally achievable, will inspire the nation’s youth and the public, reinvigorate the traditional aerospace workforce and industrial base, and foster job-creating entrepreneurial activity across the entire economy.