The Future of Human Space ActivityUS Department of Space : Catalyst for 21st Century Global Development

ASTE 527 Graduate Space Concepts Studio

Final Team ProjectM.Thangavelu, Conductor

Dept. of Astronautical EngineeringViterbi School of Engineering

University of Southern California13 December 2011

NASA Vision 1963• The Goal of Sending a Man to the Moon (May 25, 1961)• Special Session before the Joint House of Congress• John Fitzgerald Kennedy• ….. ”But this is not merely a race. Space is open to us now; and our eagerness to 

share its meaning is not governed by the efforts of others. We go into space because whatever mankind must undertake, free men must fully share. 

I therefore ask the Congress, above and beyond the increases I have earlier requested for space activities, to provide the funds which are needed to meet the following national goals: 

First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish……”

NASA Vision Mission 2006

• Vision: To improve life here, to extend life to there, to find life beyond.

• Mission:To understand and protect our home planet, to explore the universe, and search for life, to inspire the next generation of explorers, as only NASA can.

NASA Vision Mission 2011

• Vision: To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.

• Mission:Drive advances in science, technology, and exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality, and stewardship of the Earth.

Current NASA Climate

• Trying to do…..• Too much

•With too little• For too long !!

US Department of Space

Fall Team Project 2011

Oh No ! Not again…..DoD World Domination Agenda !

• Real domination ?• Assault on World Music – Beatles• Assault on World Communication – Internet• Assault on World Communication – Apple 

iPhone• Assault on World Market Economy• Assault is wrong term, Domination• Influence and Paradigm Shifters

Intelsat Governance Model

Positive World Influence

• Awesome Universe• Common Humanity• Advance global understanding• Cosmopolitanism• Make the human experience richer• Eternal Optimism• Leave world a better place than we found it