Space Policy Commentator

Robert Oler

1 article 1999

Robert Oler contributed to The Weekly Standard in 1999. He wrote about space policy and NASA, drawing on his interest in the legacy and shortcomings of the post-Apollo space program.

THIRTY YEARS OF INEPTITUDE

July 26, 1999 · Magazine

WHAT IF IT HAD HAPPENED LIKE THIS? It's July 20, 1969. Man has just landed on the moon. A teary-eyed Walter Cronkite turns to the camera and says, "This is the way it will be for American spaceflight in the next 30 years. Over the next five years America will junk the rockets that took it to the…