A number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as former astronauts and
space policy experts, have criticized the Administration's plan to eliminate Constellation, which has thus far cost taxpayers over $ 9 billion.
(The issue of recertification is frequently raised, though
some space policy experts note recertification is not required to extend the shuttle's life).
Howard McCurdy,
a space policy expert at American University, said of Musk: «If he's not in the lead, he's well positioned for the finish.»
That's the outlook from John Logsdon, a leading
space policy expert and professor emeritus of political science and international affairs at the Space Policy Institute within George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
But others say that the shuttle's woes do not cast too long a shadow over the RLV «The lesson from the shuttle is «don't do it the way the shuttle was done»,» says John Logsdon,
a space policy expert at George Washington University in Washington DC.
«The choice is to lower aspirations or increase the budget,» says John Logsdon,
a space policy expert at George Washington University.
Not exact matches
«We should not only make use of Chinese talent resources and market
space, but also adopt a more open
policy for foreign
experts,» he said.
As we crafted
policy in this
space, we talked to worker advocates, innovative businesses, and legal
experts with the goal of raising wages and standards for independent contractors broadly, providing these workers universally needed benefits as well as a say in obtaining nontraditional benefits, and ensuring that the system would be practicable for participating companies.
But more controversial proposals — to bounce solar energy back out into
space, for instance — split the conference, with
policy experts warning climate scientists that there would be a public backlash.
The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with
policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,»
expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the
space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).