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October 18th, 2016
President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Thursday, April 15, 2010. Obama visited Kennedy Space Center to deliver remarks on a new course the Administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human space flight.
Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
In the waning days of his administration, U.S. President Obama has been paying unusual attention to space, recently highlighting his accomplishments and further goals for exploration of the solar system.
What’s up with that?
President Obama looks through a telescope during the 2009 White House Astronomy Night.
Credit: Chuck Kennedy
Take a read of my new Scientific American article:
Blue Planet/Red Planet Politics: Obama’s Giant Leap for Legacy
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