Is NASA Lost in Space?

What does the United States get out of having a human spaceflight program? For that matter, what do Russia and China get out of having one? Especially if it’s not about getting the “ultimate high ground” in any fight here on Earth.


NASA historian Steven Garber takes us through what the agency is really all about and what lessons can be drawn from the space race so far.


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