Coalition for Deep Space Exploration

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The Coalition for Space Exploration logo, featuring a representation of the Earth, Moon and Mars, courtesy of the CSE

The Coalition for Space Exploration is a United States space advocacy organization for space industry businesses and non-profit groups supporting continued government investment in space exploration.

Members of the Public Affairs Team

The circa 2015 Board of Advisors^[1]

Penelope J. Boston, Ph.D. – speleologist
Bob Crippen – former Shuttle astronaut
Frederick D. Gregory - former Shuttle astronaut
Gerry Griffin – former NASA flight director and former NASA Deputy Administrator
Wayne Hale - former Space Shuttle Program Manager and former Space Shuttle Flight Director
Bernard Harris – former Shuttle astronaut and first African American to walk in space
Steven Hawley - former Shuttle astronaut
Henry R. Hertzfeld - former senior economist and policy analyst at NASA
Thomas David Jones - former Shuttle astronaut
Nick Lampson - former Congressman from Texas' 22nd Congressional District
Paul Spudis - geologist and lunar scientist
[Doug Cooke] - former NASA Associate Administrator
Dan Dumbacher] - former NASA Deputy Associate Administrator

Jake Garn – first member of Congress to fly in space (former U.S. Senator from Utah)
Joseph Kerwin – former Skylab astronaut
Gene Kranz – former Apollo flight director
Jim Lovell - former NASA Astronaut and commander of the Apollo 13 mission