So, what did you do for your spring break? Go to Florida? Cancun? How about going to Washington DC, to lobby Congressman for Space?




















Yes, my name is Aaron Oesterle & I am a Space Geek

So, this year, for my spring break, I attended the ProSpace March Storm lobbying event. It consisted of us going to different Congressional offices, talking about the March Storm agenda. This year's agenda included:
ITAR reform

  • Support the addition to the Senate version of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act the authority to remove widely available satellite systems and components from the ITAR list.
  • Make certain that the bill presented to both the House and Senate for final passage retains this provision that is so vital to this nation’s international competitiveness.
Exploration
  • Require NASA to focus its human space flight development programs on technologies and processes designed for travel in space beyond low earth orbit.
  • Support robust funding for space exploration technology demonstration projects.
Commercial Services
  • Support the transition to commercial crew and cargo services for the International Space Station.
This year was rather exciting, because the president's budget is quite different then what its been in the past. Its a major change, but its a change that I really support. It was rather different, because many of the people we were talking to were fully engaged, which was quite different than previous years.

It was a lot of work, and rather tiring, but it was well worth. Its actually something I encourage every space.

But now I have a problem - I've been made Grassroots Organizing Coordinator. Which is why you should attend the next ProSpace Lobbying event

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