ASE group photo
Members of the Association of Space Explorers pose for a group photo at the start of the organization's 32nd Planetary Congress in Houston Oct. 14. Credit: ASE

HOUSTON — An organization of current and former space travelers is offering its expertise to NASA as the agency works towards a “quite aggressive” goal of landing people on the moon in five years.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...