20 May 2004: NASA’s bookkeeping system still won’t fly, Orlando Sentinel “Nearly 2 1/2 years after NASA chief Sean O’Keefe vowed to straighten up the agency’s bookkeeping, the effort continues to struggle. “It may be years before NASA can get a clean audit,” said Robert Cobb, the agency’s inspector general, during a hearing Wednesday of a subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee.” 19 May 2004: NASA systems: Houston, we […]
18 May 2004: Updated NSSC Site Seletion Process and Q&A 01 18 May 2004: NASA Shared Services Center Industry Day, NASA “NASA will hold a two-day industry day to provide an overview and current status of the NSSC acquisition and to provide a forum for potential offerors to get information and meet with representatives from the six possible sites for the NSSC. Industry day will be held June 2-3, 2004.”
17 May 2004: NASA Pases out X-37 Support Editor’s note: From a NASA Watch reader: “NASA will no longer be funding the X-37 program. They had been financing the Approach and Landing Test Vehicle (ALTV) which is currently under construction in Palmdale. Apparently, the program is moving forward; a new customer is supposed to be announced in a months time.”
17 May 2004: AFL-CIO Dumps on Bush Space Vision“Today I announce a new plan to explore space. Human missions to Mars and to worlds beyond. We may discover resources on the moon or Mars that will boggle the imagination. Human beings are headed into the cosmos”His priorities are in the wrong place” Editor’s note: What an odd stance for a union to take. Think of all the new jobs that […]
14 May 2004: NASA’s finances in disarray; auditor quits, Reuters “PriceWaterhouseCoopers and NASA parted ways earlier this year, according to the space agency’s inspector general, Robert Cobb. PriceWaterhouseCoopers declined to comment, but a source familiar with the situation said the audit firm opted out of the contract because it was unhappy with the relationship.” 3 May 2004: NASA, We Have a Problem Can Gwendolyn Brown fix the space agency’s chronic […]
10 May 2004: Leading Space Groups Agree: It’s Time For The Moon, Mars And Beyond, Space Exploration Alliance “Collectively these groups can count almost one million Americans as members or as employees of member companies. Their first goal as a group is to work for broad Congressional support of the new national vision for space exploration outside of low earth orbit, which they refer to as Moon, Mars and Beyond.”
6 May 2004: NASA Introduces Astronaut Class of 2004 – The Next Generation of Explorers 6 May 2004: NASA’s New Astronaut Class: It’s been a long road, getting from there to here, SpaceRef “NASA formally announced its new astronaut class today in a somewhat unusual (but appropriate) venue: a hangar filled with school children, historic aerospace artifacts, and a cultural icon.” 7 May 2004: Heavenly Assignment – Hudson’s Bay teacher […]
7 May 2004: Space station astronauts, cosmonauts using HP handheld devices, Houston Business Journal 7 May 2004: Space Station gets handheld PCs, FCW.com “Members of the International Space Station crew don’t need laptops to check their e-mail anymore. In addition to dropping off a new crew, last month’s Expedition 9 flight to the station included a pair of Hewlett-Packard Co. iPAQ h5550 pocket PCs and accompanying accessories. The seven-ounce iPAQ […]