Sentences with phrase «enable human settlement»

The invitation - only Pioneering Space National Summit, held in February in Washington, D.C., yielded a declaration that «the long - term goal of the human spaceflight and exploration program of the United States is to expand permanent human presence beyond low - Earth orbit and to do so in a way that will enable human settlement and a thriving space economy.»

Griffin told Congress in 2003, «The proper goal of a publicly funded space program is to enable the human settlement of the solar system.»