Coalition for Deep Space Exploration
US space advocacy organisation
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The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration is a United States space advocacy organization for space industry businesses and non-profit groups supporting continued government investment in space exploration.
Presidents and CEOs
Founding Members
Members:[citation needed]
- Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company
- Jacobs Solutions
- Boeing
- Lockheed Martin
- Northrop Grumman
Partner Associations
Partners:[citation needed]
- Challenger Center for Space Science Education
- Citizens for Space Exploration
- National Space Society
Board of Advisors
The circa 2015 Board of Advisors:[9]
- Penelope J. Boston, Ph.D. – speleologist
- Bob Crippen – former Shuttle astronaut
- Frederick D. Gregory - former Shuttle astronaut
- Gerry Griffin – former NASA flight director and former NASA Deputy Administrator
- Wayne Hale - former Space Shuttle Program Manager and former Space Shuttle Flight Director
- Bernard Harris – former Shuttle astronaut and first African American to walk in space
- Steven Hawley - former Shuttle astronaut
- Henry R. Hertzfeld - former senior economist and policy analyst at NASA
- Thomas David Jones - former Shuttle astronaut
- Nick Lampson - former Congressman from Texas' 22nd Congressional District
- Paul Spudis - geologist and lunar scientist
- Doug Cooke - former NASA Associate Administrator
- Dan Dumbacher] - former NASA Deputy Associate Administrator
Honorary Board Members
Honorees:[citation needed]
- Jake Garn – first member of Congress to fly in space (former U.S. Senator from Utah)
- Joseph Kerwin – former Skylab astronaut
- Gene Kranz – former Apollo flight director
- Jim Lovell - former NASA Astronaut and commander of the Apollo 13 mission
