A New Era: A New Vision - #4.3

Three weeks ago, (23 July 2020), the National Space Council – at the White House – issued a fascinating document.  “A New Era for Space Exploration and Development.”
 
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A-New-Era-for-Space-Exploration-and-Development-07-23-2020.pdf
 
In this video discussion on the new White House policy, we talk about:

• Space as a “normal part of the human experience.”
• “Sustainable” is a word they use a lot.  Here’s our link (time and video) to what they mean by this:
  • (3:00) A New Era: Background & Easter Eggs - #3
  • https://youtu.be/bMX7WXu_ABQ
• The Vision of a “permanent human presence” in space!
• 75 mentions of “commercial” in the document.  I wanted a visual way to ‘look’ at this document, and scan for big ideas.  I created a word-cloud of all ~8600 words.  Some cool stuff popped out!  But then, I realized other things.  I’ll review those other things in next week’s video.  But it was because of that minor epiphany, that I revised my number upward from 64 to 75 uses of ‘commercial.’  Details on that revelation, and what I think it means next week. 
• The old argument that this new program (Artemis) is “Apollo on steroids.”  I think it is vastly different, both in scope, potential outcomes and ambition, and origination motivations.  I’m a big fan of Artemis!
• For background context, here’s what’s going to the Moon, soon! 
  • A Busy Moon! - ESA Chart Explained
  • https://youtu.be/MtZwZDSfvVg

 
 
If you haven’t watched them, already, the five prior videos in this series are:

• A New Era: The New White House Space Policy - #1                   https://youtu.be/fjROHnaTtgc
• A New Era: Introduction - National Space Council Policy - #2            https://youtu.be/YiPqL9qluEA 
• A New Era: Background & Easter Eggs - #3                                 https://youtu.be/bMX7WXu_ABQ
• A New Era: A New Vision - #4.1                                                  https://youtu.be/hD6EibGlvVY
• A New Era: A New Vision - #4.2                                                  https://youtu.be/_CY7AJ7vbng

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Michael Laine
President, LiftPort Group