Charles Miller thinks so. The Space Frontier Foundation board member gave a presentation on Friday at the Space Access ‘08 conference titled: “The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) and the Retirement of the Baby Boomers: Is this the Beginning of the End? Or The End of the Beginning?”
Miller believes that around 2010, the U.S. government’s Social Security and Medicare commitments to retiring Baby Boomers will begin to swamp the federal budget, making it impossible to support expensive space initiatives such as NASA’s human lunar program.
Miller thinks this problem can be overcome by developing affordable transportation, “economically-driven strategic” reasons for developing space, or addressing urgent national security needs. He calls for the convening of a “National Reusable Space Access Summit” to address the coming change.
Jeff Foust has a full account of Miller’s speech over at Space Politics.
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