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Month: November 2004
Just where Is the Space Station, NASA?

Editor’s note:MSFC ISS Tracker as of 3:20 pm EST 30 Nov: Altitude: 375.5 kmNASA JSC ISS Tracker as of 3:20 pm EST 30 Nov: Altitude: 358.44 kmNASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 30 November 2004: ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 6:46am EST [= epoch]): Mean altitude — 356.3 km, Apogee height — 359.4 km, Perigee height — 353.3 km Editor’s note: Why is it that this page, hosted by MSFC, […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 30, 2004
Here come the naysayers

22 November 2004: NASA’s Moon-Mars Initiative Jeopardizes Important Science Opportunities, According to American Physical Society Report, American Physical Society“The committee points out that the total cost of NASA’s ill-defined Moon-Mars initiative is unknown as yet, but is likely to be a substantial drain on NASA resources. As currently envisioned, the initiative will rely on human astronauts who will establish a base on the moon and subsequently travel to Mars. The […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 30, 2004
Website Folks at MSFC Still Ignore VSE – and the Rest of NASA

Editor’s note: less than 24 hours after NASA Watch made note of this omission on the part of MSFC, a link to NASA’s VSE suddenly appeared on this MSFC web page. However, they did not bother to add the link to this website’s companion, [email protected]. Editor’s note: Why is it that the [email protected] website at MSFC still has no linkage whatsoever to NASA’s Vision For Space Exploration (VSE)? This is […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 29, 2004
Stop what you are doing

NASA Cassini Image: Nature’s Canvas – Mimas and Saturn’s Rings“In a splendid portrait created by light and gravity, Saturn’s lonely moon Mimas is seen against the cool, blue-streaked backdrop of Saturn’s northern hemisphere. Delicate shadows cast by the rings arc gracefully across the planet, fading into darkness on Saturn’s night side.” Editor’s note: You simply must look at this image full-sized. What you see here is just a small piece.

  • NASA Watch
  • November 29, 2004
The Times Chimes In

NASA’s Budgetary Gift Horse, OpEd, NY Times“Our feeling is that NASA should look very hard at terminating its two costliest programs, the International Space Station, now orbiting in a partially built state overhead, and the shuttle fleet that is being resuscitated to carry parts and astronauts up to the station. Those two programs eat up much of the NASA budget for little real gain.”

  • NASA Watch
  • November 29, 2004
Soyuz Moved from Pirs to Zarya

29 November 2004: Expedition 10 Relocates Soyuz“The Expedition 10 crewmembers successfully relocated a Soyuz spacecraft at the International Space Station this morning, setting the stage for their upcoming spacewalks. The relocation of the Soyuz allows Chiao and Sharipov to use Pirs as the airlock for their two spacewalks.”NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 28 November 2004

  • NASA Watch
  • November 29, 2004
Hubble Costs Escalate

27 November 2004: Expense may sink Hubble mission, Florida Today“NASA’s plan to launch a remote-controlled, two-armed android to repair the Hubble Space Telescope may cost almost as much as taxpayers paid to build the vaunted observatory in the first place. The estimated price tag of a robotic rescue mission — between $1 billion and $2 billion — is raising eyebrows and questions about whether Hubble is worth the investment amid […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 28, 2004
Things change

23 November 2004: Congress Approves President’s Request for NASA Budget, Planetary SocietyLori Garver: “The approval of the budget was aided by strong support from The White House, which requested full funding for the new human spaceflight exploration policy.”14 October 2004: WIA Space Policy DebateLori Garver: “You say you haven’t heard anything from the Kerry-Edwards folks during the campaign – I haven’t heard word one from the Bush-Cheny folks about the […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 27, 2004
Launch Delays

NASA Spacecraft and Expendable Launch Vehicles Status Report 24 November 2004– Deep Impact Launch Date – No earlier than January 8, 2005– DART Launch Date – No earlier than March 2, 2005

  • NASA Watch
  • November 27, 2004
James Cameron on Risk

The Drive to Discover, James Cameron, Wired“If the next step is to send humans to Mars, then we must reexamine our culture of averting risk and assigning blame. We don’t need any miracle breakthroughs in technology. The techniques are well understood. Sure, it takes money, but distributed over time it doesn’t require any more than we’re spending now. What is lacking is the will, the mandate, and the sense of […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 27, 2004