Keeping humans in space (Image: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty)
Jeff Greason is CEO of XCOR Aerospace and sits on the US’s Augustine Committee, which reviews NASA’s plans for human space flight. He spoke at a recent Space Investment Summit in Boston.
What can NASA do to improve?
NASA should have a technology road map: it doesn’t have a plan saying, “These are the capabilities we have today, these are the capabilities we want tomorrow, and how are we going to get there from here?”
Which cutting-edge technologies should NASA develop first?
The very first element would be a technology for the handling…
