Open letter to President Obama from Astonaut and Dr. Thomas D. Jones urges "unleash Commercial Space"

Scientist, author, pilot, and former NASA astronaut Dr. Thomas D. Jones has written an open letter to President Obama urging the unleashing of the Commercial Space industry, accelerated space exploration beyong low Earth orbit and the maintenance of the United States as preimminent among the growing number of space-faring nations.

The open letter appears on Popular Mechanics online, and can be read HERE.