Ruppersberger Outlines Cure for U.S. Space Ills

摘要

The ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence prescribed a number of fixes April 12 for longstanding issues in the U.S. space enterprise, including relaxing export controls, fostering competition in space launch and increasing reliance on domestically manufactured rocket engines. The United States also is not attracting enough young people to space as a career field, and more interactive robotic missions to places like the Moon and Mars could help fix that, Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D-Md.) said at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo.