The Politics of Reforming NASA (and Space Exploration)

[Webster]

Both George W. Bush and Barack Obama tried to reform NASA, but were not successful.

At least not the way they had hoped, but the changes they made fundamentally reshaped NASA and will continue to reshape it in the future

00:00 Intro
00:41 Keeping Shuttle Flying was the goal
02:20 A new idea pops up
03:49 NASA wants all the missions
05:04 The commercial space act gets in the way
06:46 Ares I and Ares V show up
07:25 Commercial cargo
08:47 NASA used to be great at development
11:28 Ares I-X flies
12:16 Obama shows up with another set of new ideas
12:30 Constellation is not affordable
13:19 The Status Quo Strikes Back
13:54 What Obama hoped to do
15:01 The status quo version
17:11 President Bush Gave us Commercial Cargo and SpaceX
17:35 President Obama gave us commercial crew
20:04 Presidents Bush and Obama gave us commercial moon landers
21:00 Summary