Charles Bolden Jr: "Space Exploration Should Not Be Politicized" | TRT World

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/

TRT World is a Turkish public broadcaster that broadcasts in English 24 hours a day from Ankara.

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Video Credit: TRT World

Duration: 26 minutes, 40 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 7, 2023

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