October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
To explore deep space, we need to do more than develop new technology. Humans must come to terms with the idea that Earth is no longer their only home. At any given time, there are usually six humans living and working on the International Space ...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
...article, originally published in 2015 in one of the first issues of ROOM (#5), has been reimagined and updated by William Gerstenmaier, a highly respected elder statesman of the global space industry, to mark our 30th anniversary issue. Donald Pettit...
21 June 2019
Artemis-1 flight faces delays suggests new report
... Management of Programs,” via a letter from the agency’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, William Gerstenmaier, who after chastising government investigators for being overly cynical about the programmes progress, pointed...
03 September 2015
Orion and NASA’s Mission to Mars at IAC 2015
...taking humans beyond Low Earth Orbit, will be explained at IAC by two top Program Managers, Associate Administrator Mr. William Gerstenmaier from NASA, and Dr. Michael Hawes, Lockheed Martin’s Vice President and Orion Program Manager. Lockheed Martin...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... commercial and international partners and help us explore the Moon and its resources,” said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “We will ultimately...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... absolutely critical first step in moving towards returning the crewed launch capability back to the US, said William Gerstenmaier, the associate administrator with NASA Human Exploration and Operations. "I guarantee everything will not work exactly...
