Editing Vision for Space Exploration (section)

{{Short description|2004 US human space exploration plan}}
[[File:Moon.mars.cover.jpg|thumb|Cover page of report of Aldridge Commission, Report of the President's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, 2004]]

The '''Vision for Space Exploration''' ('''VSE''') was a plan for space exploration announced on January 14, 2004 by President [[George W. Bush]]. It was conceived as a response to the [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]], the state of [[human spaceflight]] at [[NASA]], and as a way to regain public enthusiasm for [[space exploration]].<ref name="NASA 2004">{{cite web | title=President Bush Announces New Vision for Space Exploration Program | website=NASA | date=20 January 2004 | url=https://history.nasa.gov/Bush%20SEP.htm | access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>

The policy outlined by the "[[Vision for Space Exploration]]" was replaced first by President [[Barack Obama]]'s [[Space policy of the Barack Obama administration|space policy]] in April 2010, then by President [[Donald Trump]]'s "National Space Strategy" [[Space policy of the Donald Trump administration|space policy]] in March 2018, and finally by President [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Presidency of Joe Biden#Space policy|preliminary space policy proposals]] in spring 2021.