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National Space Society
Sends Open Letter to Clinton
This "Open Letter" to President Clinton
was just one of the many grassroots communications developed
for NSS's "On to Mars" campaign. In a brief time, signatures
were gathered from individuals associated with the Society and
the space movement, as well as from space supporters in the on-line
community. Early deadlines and the amount of space available
in Ad Astra (the Society's award-winning
magazine) allowed NSS to only print a sample of the thousands
of electronic signatures received, however, the final version
of the letter delivered to the President prior to his State of
the Union Address on 4 February contained a 15-page attachment
of almost 2,000 electronic signatures including occupations and
titles. This final version of the letter was also seen by Congressional
leadership, members of the aerospace industry and other key opinion
leaders.
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An Open Letter
to the President and Leaders of Congress
From the National Space Society (NSS)
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Thirty-five years ago John
F. Kennedy clearly established the United States as the world
technology leader by sending the human race to the Moon. Now
this country lives off the memories of past accomplishments.
Late last year, serious evidence
of past life on Mars was unveiled. This may be one of the single
most important discoveries of this century. Robotic probes are
a useful follow-up to this find, but only human hands, human
eyes, and human minds operating on the Red Planet can fully uncover
the secrets Mars offers. What better time to recommit NASA to
its fundamental mission -- pioneering the space frontier?
Therefore, we, the undersigned,
urge our nation's leaders to immediately call for NASA to plan
and implement a human mission to Mars which will be the beginning
of a sustained program of human exploration and eventual settlement
of the Red Planet.
The United States and its
friends have the ability to make such a program happen. We have
the opportunity to open a New World to humanity; one full of
wonders yet to be discovered and history yet to be made. It is
time for the United States to lead human exploration of space
yet again.
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Dr. Buzz Aldrin
Apollo XI Astronaut |
Eugene F. Kranz
NASA - Director of Mission Operations, Retired |
Dr. Mark J. Albrecht
Former Executive Secretary, National Space Council |
Byron Lichtenberg
Space Shuttle Astronaut |
David Brandt
Executive Director, National Space Society |
Frederick I. Ordway, III
Science Advisory Board, US Space & Rocket Center |
Michael Collins
Apollo XI Astronaut |
Majel Roddenberry
Actress |
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
Director, DeBakey Heart Center |
Charles A. Walker
President, NSS / shuttle astronaut |
Hugh Downs
Chair, NSS Board of Governors |
Glen P. Wilson
Vice President, National Space Society |
Marianne J. Dyson
Children's writer |
Robert M. Zubrin
President, Pioneer Astronautics |
NSS Members from On-line Community
Karl Anderson
Leonard H. Arvidson, Jr.
Donna E. Bailey
Robert Barton
Jay Becker
Thomas Bemus
James H. Bennett
Warren Benson
Robert Beyne
Steven Bikofsky
Todd Billett
Joseph Bingham
Michael Blair
David J. Blanchard
Daniel Boas
Matthew Bonner
Alex Michael Bonnici
Mark Bontrager
Don Boudeman
John Bowman
Richard Boyette
Jim Brandenburg
David Brandt
Joe Brooks
Mark A. Brown
Hermann Brunner
Ronald Caisse
Victor Cardona
Jeffery Carter
Sean Carter
Sandra Castle
Daniel Cervantes
David Chardon
Steve Christie
Andrew Ciborowski
Keith L. Cowing
William Cress
Bryan Crowell
Kevin Davis
Bart Denny
Raymond Dittmeier
Jerry Doran |
Mike Dorcy
Elwood Downey
James Eberhardt
William Edwards
Justin Eldeiry
Lawrence Ennist, Jr.
Chelsea Erwin
Susan Faust
Steven Fenner
Jon Foltyn
Kurt Francis
Alistair D. Funge
Steven Galland
Eric Gardner
Gary Grahn
Matthew Gravatt
Bill Griffin
Matthew Grob
Robert Gross
Bob Haller
William Hamlin
Andrew Hanna
John Harding
Scott N. Harrington
Barbara Harris
Jason Hawkes
Michael Heaney
Glenn Heinmiller
Paige Hester
Thor Hogan
James Hopkins
Steven Hubbs
Robert Hunter
John J. Ibes
Richard Jackson
Paul Jakubski
John Jinnette
Deborah Jones
Carolyn Josephs
Joe Kaczmarek
John Kandara
John Kelly |
Brent Kennedy
Jeffrey Kilmer
Sarah Kirby
Conrad Kirby II
Larry Klaes
Loannis Kolokythas
Dan Kramer
James LaPeer
Rick Layman
Matthew M. Lehnen
Timothy Lloyd
Bobbie D. Lovell
Bruce Mackenzie
Harvey Madison
Stacy T Makus
Philip Maloney
Gregory Marcus
Clifford Marko
Andrew Martin
Michael Martin-Smith
Lee McCrory
Raymond H. McDowell
James McEnanly
Michael McGee
Ralph A. Meiers
Dean Mikolajczyk
Tony Miller
Jaclyn Monet
Hubert E. Morse
Mark Muggli
Arthur Ralph Mullis
Leslie Murray
Mary Newbauer
Michael Nichols
Peter Notwick
George Odlum
David Oster
Craig Ostler
Thomas Owens
John Papp
Ken Paul
Robert Pearlman
Drew Perrin |
Timothy Pickenheim
Tom Plumb
Edward Potter
Gerard Powell
Matt Rankin
Paula Rasmussen
Tommy Reel
Corey Reid
Marc Rhodes
Lucinda Robertson
Jeffery Roche
Anthony J. Rowley
Charles Schlemm
Russell Scott
Anthony Segredo
William J. Sheldon
Gregory Sheldrake
Michael Shoemaker
Steven Spear
James Spellman, Jr.
Virden Spicer, Jr.
Paul Spillane
Matthew Stanley
Carolyn Stark
Sean A. Stech
Bryan Steinborn
David Stover
John R. Tenopir
Flint Thorson
Patrick Trani
Lora Trentham
Stephen Van Schoick
Paul Van Steensburg
Glenn Vent
Bryce Walden
John Walker
Jeff Ward
Jan Wielgosz
Richard V. Wielgosz
Troy Williams
Scott Willover
Daniel Wolak
Robert Young |
| ... as well as 1383 additional individuals from the on-line,
pro-space community whose names could not be included here due
to space constraints. |
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