Thirty-five years ago today, America lost astronauts for the first time during a mission. As America rebuilds its human spaceflight program, we need to re-learn the lessons from Challenger and her sister ship, Columbia.

The events of January 6, 2021 in Washington D.C. echoed those of August 24, 410 in Rome, both for their contemporary symbolism and for the lessons that one can teach us about the other.

On the eve of Election Day, let's remember that no matter how dark or uncertain things look, we have it within us to prevail.

Building an effective policy to meet the world’s challenges in space, including building a sustained human presence on Mars, is less about rockets and spacecraft and more about leadership and determination.