Scott Horowitz
Scott Horowitz
Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitzis a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions...
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth24 March 1957
CityPhiladelphia, PA
build fly schedule starting term thinking
Thinking about the politicsthe timingwe need to fly this thing soon. If we want to fly something before this Presidential term is out, we have about two years to build this. Actually, we're starting to get schedule crunched.
collected critical data determine element help human missions program robotic space vision
The Robotic Lunar Exploration Program is a critical element of NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. Data collected will help determine where we go, and what we find during our first human missions to the lunar surface.
example future missions
This is going to be an example of how we're going to do a lot of missions in future years at NASA.
achieve enable engage help offering otherwise people prizes problems reach solve space technical vision
Offering these prizes allows us to engage a lot of people we may not otherwise reach to solve technical problems that will help enable us to achieve the Vision for Space Exploration.
great sounds
Sounds like a great day to come on home,
days four goal people
The goal is four people at up to 7 days a shot.
beyond mars step
The first step to Mars and beyond is getting back to the Moon.