JOINT MEETING OF THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD (SSB) AND AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING BOARD (ASEB), June 2020

JOINT MEETING OF THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD (SSB) AND AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING BOARD (ASEB), June 2020

The Space Studies Board (SSB) and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, held a joint meeting on June 9, 2020.  Among the many topics discussed was the status of the Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024.  The acting head of NASA’s human spaceflight program, Ken Bowersox, and the Executive Secretary of the White House National Space Council, Scott Pace, both expressed concern about whether the money would be there to accomplish the goal.

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of those portions of the meeting on June 9, 2020: Pace, Bowersox Worry About Artemis Funding.