Getting Political

Space advocacy groups, for various reasons, have largely stayed out of the political debate over space policy for the last three decades. The upshot of that lack of engagement has been a drifting space program. Politicians who believe there will be no political consequences for either opposing or supporting a strong NASA are unlikely to give space policy much thought.

The Committee for the Advocacy of Space Exploration intends to give members of Congress reason to focus. It is a political action committee that intends to make space policy a political issue. The Committee will stake out policy positions, and will endorse or oppose political candidates. Led by Jeff Brooks, a veteran lobbyist in both the Texas Legislature and Congress, the goal of the Committee is to help craft policy that will lead to the creation of a spacefaring civilization.

Go to www.committee4spaceadvocacy.org to learn more.