Regulations and Government
Washington Report: U.S. launches aerospace commission
Although the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry was created by Congress long before September 11, a Bush Administration offic

Although the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry was created by Congress long before September 11, a Bush Administration official said the terrorist attacks served to highlight previously existing deficiencies in the U.S. aerospace industry.

John Marburger, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said the events of that day turned “a dramatic spotlight on weaknesses in our aerospace and air transportation systems” and require a national response “similar to that following the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957.”