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Schmitt was chair of the [[NASA Advisory Council]], whose mandate is to provide technical advice to the NASA Administrator, from November 2005 until his abrupt resignation on October 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/oct/HQ_08-261_Scmitt_Leaves_NAC.html|title=NASA - Schmitt Completes NASA Advisory Council Service; Ford Named Chairman|date=October 2008|website=nasa.gov|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> In November 2008, he quit the Planetary Society over policy advocacy differences, citing the organization's statements on "focusing on Mars as the driving goal of human spaceflight" (Schmitt said that going back to the Moon would speed progress toward a manned Mars mission), on "accelerating research into global climate change through more comprehensive Earth observations" (Schmitt voiced objections to the notion of a present "scientific consensus" on climate change as any policy guide), and on international cooperation (which he felt would retard rather than accelerate progress), among other points of divergence.<ref>[http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=29813 "Former NASA Advisory Council Chair Jack Schmitt Quits Planetary Society Over New Roadmap"], [[SpaceRef.com]], November 17, 2008.</ref>
In January 2011, he was appointed as secretary of the [[New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department]] in the cabinet of Governor [[Susana Martinez]],<ref>http://www.governor.state.nm.us/Press/2011/January/010611_02.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but was forced to give up the appointment the following month after refusing to submit to a required background investigation.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_17353325 | title=Harrison Schmitt withdraws nomination for New Mexico energy secretary | work=El Paso Times | author= | date=February 11, 2011 | access-date= | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120906025728/http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_17353325 | archivedate=September 6, 2012 | df= }}</ref> ''El Paso Times'' called him the "most celebrated" candidate for New Mexico energy secretary.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Simonich|first1=Milan|title=Harrison Schmitt withdraws nomination for New Mexico energy secretary|url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_17353325|access-date=October 6, 2014|publisher=El Paso Times|date=February 11, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120906025728/http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_17353325|archivedate=September 6, 2012|df=}}</ref>
Schmitt wrote a book entitled ''Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schmitt |first=Harrison H. |title=Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IerrQGC6S2YC|accessdate=23 March 2013 |year=2005 |publisher=Springer London, Limited |isbn=978-0-387-31064-0}}</ref>
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