From Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Policy Committee
We need your help! The Space Exploration, Development and Settlement (SEDS) Act is about to be introduced in Congress. The purpose of the SEDS Act is to authorize and instruct NASA to pursue permanent human settlements in outer space as well as the development of space in general. We need you to call your member of Congress (to be clear – your Representative, not your Senators) by April 17th and ask him or her to be an original co-sponsor of the Space Exploration, Development and Settlement (SEDS) Act. Representative Dana Rohrabacher’s office will introduce the bill.
If this is your first PAN alert, or if you are uncertain who your Representative is, please look at this instruction guide: http://space.nss.org/contacting-your-elected-representatives-the-basics/.
As an advocate for space, you know that NASA needs a big goal that can excite the public imagination and give clear direction to the human space flight program. The Space Exploration, Development and Settlement Act will make human settlement of space a long-term goal of the United States. By setting such a bold goal, Congress will assure U.S. predominance in outer space for decades, reinvigorate STEM education, catalyze massive economic growth, and energize public support for the space program. The bill does not advocate for a specific destination, launch vehicle or contractual arrangement, nor does it calls for the expenditure of additional funds. It is a short, simple bill and is intended to give NASA clear guidance: get humans into space, this time to stay.
Please contact your member of Congress today and ask them to co-sponsor the Space Exploration, Development and Settlement Act.
Once you’ve contacted your Member of Congress please let us know so we can follow up with them. You can do so by emailing [email protected]. You can also email any questions you may have at the same address.
