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Vision for Space Exploration
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<p>The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) was a plan for space exploration announced on January 14, 2004 by President <a href="/facts/George_W._Bush/mYSgM515">George W. Bush</a>. It was conceived as a response to the <a href="/facts/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster/gsTyKuLM">Space Shuttle <i>Columbia</i> disaster</a>, the state of <a href="/facts/Human_spaceflight/VgVxsGmq">human spaceflight</a> at <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>, and as a way to regain public enthusiasm for <a href="/facts/Space_exploration/2eKXYVdq">space exploration</a>. </p><p>The policy outlined by the "Vision for Space Exploration" was replaced first by President <a href="/facts/Barack_Obama/76wUMgL1">Barack Obama</a>'s <a href="/facts/Space_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration/CepawQT4">space policy</a> in April 2010, then by President <a href="/facts/Donald_Trump/pqqKY21P">Donald Trump</a>'s "National Space Strategy" <a href="/facts/Space_policy_of_the_Donald_Trump_administration/vqmtqWoD">space policy</a> in March 2018, and finally by President <a href="/facts/Joe_Biden/fe2ThfUp">Joe Biden</a>'s <a href="/facts/Presidency_of_Joe_Biden/BnAbRfA6">preliminary space policy proposals</a> in spring 2021. </p>