In this week's episode of Space Minds, Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator sits down with host David Ariosto. Garver describes what drives spaceflight-and what that means for the agency's shifting priorities.

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft flew by the moon for a second and final time Dec. 5, performing a maneuver that sets up the spacecraft for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in six days.

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Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver has written a book about her time at the agency. Rand Simberg reviews the book with a focus on Garver’s efforts to put NASA on a new course that leveraged commercial capabilities.

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"I think the characterization of this as a massive leap and the first step on our way to Mars is disingenuous," former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver told MSNBC.

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Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver made some of her most critical comments since stepping down in September about two key NASA programs: the Space Launch System and Mars 2020 rover. 

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Commercial space advocates are among those who will be sorriest when she steps down.

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On Sept. 9 she’s due to start a new job: general manager of the Air Line Pilots Association. 

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NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver is stepping down Sept. 6 to take the top staff job at the Washington-based Air Line Pilots Association, SpaceNews has confirmed. A formal announcement is expected Aug. 6.

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The U.S. space agency is in need of more women among its ranks.

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One way to expand public and congressional support for NASA’s proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission would be to target a larger asteroid than previously proposed.

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NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver defended a proposal to send astronauts to a captured asteroid and vowed that the agency would continue to make the case for mission in the House of Representatives, where lawmakers have targeted the project for termination. 

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NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver says she is baffled that congressional resistance to the agency’s commercial crew and cargo programs persists in the wake of Space Exploration Technology’s two successful resupply flights to the international space station.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver said jumpstarting a commercial human spaceflight industry is among the agency’s highest priorities, and cited current programs for delivering crews and cargo to the international space station as tangible progress toward that goal.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — NASA remains committed to preserving competition in its commercial crew initiative even if Congress does not provide the full $830 million requested for the effort in 2012, a senior agency official said.

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NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver said that if the United States does not fully fund the agency’s effort to develop commercial vehicles to ferry crews to the international space station, it could be stuck beyond 2016 paying Russia $450 million a year for Soyuz flights.

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In an interview with editors and reporters at the Huntsville Times late last week, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver declared an end to the impasse in Washington over the U.S. space agency's future, saying the agency is ready to begin work next year on a heavy-lift rocket if that's what Congress ultimately decides. She also reassured local readers that NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center would lead heavy-lift development.

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NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver said that if the United States does not fully fund the agency’s effort to develop commercial vehicles to ferry crews to the international space station, it will have to pay Russia $450 million for every year of delay, MSNBC.com reported Oct. 20 in its Cosmic Log.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Despite concerns that funding shortfalls will hamper NASA’s efforts to promote a private industry capable of ferrying cargo and crew into low Earth orbit, government and industry officials attending the Space Frontier Foundation’s annual conference said they were confident that commercial firms would continue to play an increasingly important role in the U.S. space program.

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WASHINGTON — After months of bipartisan wrangling on Capitol Hill over the future of NASA’s manned spaceflight program, the agency’s top two officials urged support for the Senate version of a three-year NASA authorization bill headed for a vote in the U.S. House this evening, even as a group of House lawmakers voiced strong opposition to the measure.

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Shortly after being sworn in as NASA administrator last July, Charles Bolden said he would be relying heavily on his deputy, Lori Garver, who was sworn in alongside him, to help pilot the U.S. space agency through the shark-infested waters of Washington politics.

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