26 September 1996, Fox Morning News Lark McCarthy: Quickly tell us, what is NASA’s next major goal? What’s the next big thing you want to do? Dan Goldin: We want to figure out whether life is unique to planet Earth. And we’ve begun that process. We have ten spacecraft going to Mars in the next decade, and we’re going to figure out how people could live and work safely in […]
September 19, 1996 Mr. Daniel Goldin Administrator NASA Headquarters 300 E Street SW Washington, DC 20546 Dear Mr.Goldin: The 1996 Headquarters Honor Awards ceremony scheduled on September 25, 1996, is to recognize achievement both by Headquarters employees as well as special service by individuals or groups of non-Governmental employees. The awards involve no monetary incentives, and are administered and conducted by the Headquarters Honor Awards Committee, a permanently established group […]
SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION PROMOTION ACT OF 1996 (House of Representatives – September 17, 1996) (i) a certification that the use of such missile– (I) would result in significant cost savings to the Federal Government when compared to the cost of acquiring space transportation services from United States commercial providers; and (II) meets all mission requirements of the agency, including performance, schedule, and risk requirements; and (ii) comments obtained from United States […]
Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting September 9, 1996 The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting on September 9, 1996. Mr. Goldin was not in attendance. Action assignments have been placed in brackets [ ] for easy identification. 1. AA Reports B/Holz: Code B is wrapping up the budget package which will be delivered to OMB today. Y/Maynard: A good first […]
September 6, 1996 The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin Administrator National Aeronautics And Space Administration 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20546 Dear Administrator Goldin: We are writing once again to express our concern over NASA’s plan to consolidate aircraft at the Dryden Flight Research Center. Our specific concern relates to NASA’s apparent insistence on proceeding with aircraft consolidation despite analysis showing consolidation to be neither cost effective nor programmatically sound. […]
Minutes of Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting September 3, 1996 The following documents the discussions addressed at the Senior Staff and Center Director’s Meeting on September 3, 1996. Mr. Goldin was in attendance. Action assignments have been placed in brackets [ ] for easy identification. 1. AA Reports E/Graves: Black Caucus week is September 11-15, 1996, and LeRC will support this event with exhibits. G/Stephens: The General Counsel has […]