Future of NASA

Wednesday, December 22, 1999 - 11:06 a.m.
Future of NASA

The second of two consecutive failures of NASA missions to Mars has prompted Congressional hearings to reveiew what might be wrong with the space program. A panel talks about "faster, better, cheaper," NASA's guiding principle for the...

The second of two consecutive failures of NASA missions to Mars has prompted Congressional hearings to reveiew what might be wrong with the space program. A panel talks about "faster, better, cheaper," NASA's guiding principle for the 90s, that is now likley to be reconsidered.

Guests

John Pike

Federation of American Scientists

Pat Dasch

executive director of the National Space Society

Alex Roland

chair of the History Department at Duke University and former NASA historian

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