Ex-NASA deputy administrator Lori_Garver introduced far greater collaboration with private companies. She says this has allowed us to plan a return to the moon – but that doesn’t mean we are going back for the right reasons
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Today, private firms play a crucial role in humanity’s space activities. To give just one example, Elon Musk’s companycurrently provides the only rocket capable of taking astronauts from US soil to the International Space Station. This would never have been possible without Lori Garver. As deputy administrator of NASA between 2009 and 2013, her time at the agency was revolutionary. After a long history of NASA controlling all its activities itself, Garver set it on a new path.
in 2025 through its Artemis programme, and private companies are going to be a crucial part of that effort. Both SpaceX and Blue Origin, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, have been tasked with building landers that can ferry humans to the moon’s surface, while numerous contractorsJonathan O’Callaghan: You played an important part in creating a private space industry. What initially motivated you?
Lori Garver: At the time, NASA had a very full plate and the space shuttle programme was expensive. Freeing up budget from human …
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