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On NPR, Sean O'Keefe Weighs in on Renaming NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
O'Keefe, University Professor and former NASA administrator, made the decision to name the telescope after Webb in 2002.
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Harry Lambright discusses the James Webb Space Telescope with Johns Hopkins Magazine
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O'Keefe Discusses the Future of Commercial Space Travel on BYU Radio
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O'Keefe discusses Richard Branson's space flight with CNBC, The Hill
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O'Keefe remembers space shuttle Columbia tragedy on LocalSYR's Bridge Street
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O'Keefe talks to SpaceNews about civil space traffic management
University Professor Sean O'Keefe recently participated in a study by the National Academy of Public Administration on which agency was best to handle civil space traffic management. O’Keefe believes the Office of Space Commerce is best suited for the task.
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O'Keefe quoted in Houston Chronicle articles on NASA, politics
University Professor Sean O’Keefe analyzes that advancements during these past three administrations are proof that a NASA strategy can withstand nearly two decades of leadership transitions and annual appropriations. "Did it take a different route? Yup," says O’Keefe. "…But it’s still very much on exactly the same path."
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Lambright quoted in Associated Press piece on Trump's claim of saving space program
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O'Keefe talks to Christian Science Monitor about commercial spaceflight
"It’s an important inflection point, if you will, of now seeing the opportunity for commercial transportation of humans into space," says University Professor Sean O’Keefe, former administrator of NASA. "This is much akin to the transition when the first civil aviation aircraft took off decades ago after many decades of it being exclusively a public endeavor."
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Lambright discusses SpaceX, NASA in Associated Press article
"You can’t explain SpaceX without really understanding how NASA really kind of nurtured it in the early days," says Harry Lambright, professor of public administration and international affairs and political science. "In a way, SpaceX is kind of a child of NASA."
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