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NASA: A presentation

When

10.30am–11.30am

4 April 2012

Where

Great Hall, the Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney

The United States considers the sustainability, stability, and free access to, and use of, space vital to its national interests. In July 2011, NASA launched its final space shuttle mission and turned the page in a remarkable period in America’s history in space, while beginning the next chapter in America’s extraordinary story of exploration. American leadership in space will continue to at least the next half century because the US has laid the foundation for success. NASA is not ending human space flight but rather recommitting itself and taking the necessary steps to ensure America’s preeminence in space exploration for years to come. President Obama has given NASA a mission to focus again on the big picture of exploration and the crucial research and development. NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden spoke about how NASA plans to carry out this Mission, followed by Q&A with the audience.

Featuring

  • Retired Marine Corps Major General Charles F. Bolden
    NASA Administrator

    Retired Marine Corps Major General Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the US Senate, began his duties as the twelfth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on July 17, 2009. As Administrator, he leads the NASA team and manages its resources to...