NASA's Advisors Struggle With Gateway Selling Points

Keith's note: The NASA Advisory Council's Human Exploration and Operations Committee is having problems trying to explain why NASA needs to build the Gateway. If they can't figure out why it is needed, how is NASA going to sell this whole Gateway thing to Congress and the taxpaying public?

NAC/HEO is currently debating a list of points that can be used to justify Gateway which is, so far, six pages long (in large type). A woman cmte mbr, though, says that Gateway is only needed if we're going to Mars. [Illustrates difficulty of "selling" Gateway.] — Marcia Smith (@SpcPlcyOnline) December 7, 2018

NAC HEO committee members are rueing the fact that it's difficult to condense the rationale for the Gateway in a brief soundbite. [They're also way behind their schedule for the day.] — Jeff Foust (@jeff_foust) December 7, 2018

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