Former NASA Chief Sees ISS as “Detriment” to America’s Future in Space

From Tuscaloosa News

Griffin said that NASA’s focus on continuing the space shuttle program and developing the International Space Station in partnership with other countries was to the detriment of America’s future in space. He noted that the shuttle is scheduled to be retired in another couple of years and there is no firm commitment to another space project on the scale of the moon landing.

Griffin said the U.S. should be in a leadership position on projects such as returning to the moon and going to Mars, rather than leaving the future of space to other countries such as Russia or China, both of whom have space programs.

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