become more vocal about its space policy and fight for full support and funding of the commercial crew program.

After the retirement of the Space Shuttle, the only way for Americans to get into space is to buy a seat on the Russian Soyuz. Our dependency on this “single point of failure” is simply unacceptable. Commercial companies are currently working with NASA and competing to provide these badly needed crew transportation services, but these initiatives are under threat from underfunding and the potential for increased oversight and regulations that are likely to increase costs and delay availability. This petition asks that you step up your support for these initiatives by going on record and telling Congress that fully funding the commercial crew program is the only path forward for a healthy space program.