Charles Bolden Jr: "Space Exploration Should Not Be Politicized" | TRT World
The InnerView travels to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, where Imran Garda reconnects with astronaut and former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr.
He was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to lead the American space agency in 2009, and he held the top job until his resignation in 2017. Bolden discusses how advances that come from international cooperation in space exploration have the power to save humanity from itself. For example, why is NASA not allowed to cooperate with China?
0:00 Intro
01:56 Why did Fox News take aim at Charles Bolden Jr.?
06:45 Why is it important to keep politics out of NASA?
07:38 ‘We are creating climate refugees’
10:50 Bolden’s role at NASA
12:07 On the value of compromise
13:30 International cooperation in space
14:30 The Wolf Amendment
18:40 Billionaires in space
21:30 Looking back at the life of Charles Bolden Jr.
Charles F. Bolden Jr.—Former NASA Administrator (2009-2017) Official NASA Biography:
https://www.nasa.gov/people/the-honorable-charles-f-bolden-jr/
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Duration: 26 minutes, 40 seconds
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