2024-10-04
58 分钟Space expert Lori Garver joins the show to explore Kamala Harris’ space policy priorities, the major issues facing NASA in the next four years, and Garver’s thoughts on the evolution of Elon Musk and NASA’s increasing reliance on the commercial space industry.
Hello, and welcome to the Space policy edition of Planetary Radio, the monthly show where we explore the politics and processes behind space exploration.
Hi, I'm Casey Dreier, the chief of space policy here at the Planetary Society.
This month, we're going to look at the other presidential candidate and their potential space policy.
Kamala Harris, our guest to explore this topic is Lori Garver, who was the deputy administrator of NASA under the Obama administration.
During her tenure at NASA, Lori Garver was a strong proponent of things like commercial space partnerships to lower the cost to orbit and fiercely defended the commercial crew and cargo initiative.
She is also the author of the book which I recommend, escaping my quest to transform NASA and launch a new space age.
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join now, again, as we look at the presidential administrations that lay possibly before us, either for Trump or for Harris, we don't have a lot of explicit policies laid out.
Harris in particular, which began her campaign not very long ago because of Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the race, has not released formal space policy positions, though Harris herself has given us some ideas of her interests, just like the Trump administration by the fact that he was president previously.
Harris is the chair of the National Space Council.
As the vice president, she has led a number of meetings and released fact sheets and demonstrated interest in a variety of areas which we will use to help inform some of the speculation about the space policy issues and activities that may drive a potential Harris administration.
Lori Garver, though not part of the campaign, brings an amazing wealth of information and expertise and experience from her roles in transition teams, working at NASA, and working in party politics for space issues over the years.
Laurie Garver, welcome to the show.
Thank you.