Editor’s note: Things are really picking up here in Orlando. The AIAA tells me that they have more than 1,000 participants. Interest in attending is very high. Last night Sean O’Keefe got a farewell from the assembled attendees tonight at a reception in a gigantic tent erected to hold the exhibits. More tomorrow from the meeting itself.This meeting will also be webcast – go here for an agenda and a […]
NASA Day of Remembrance Scheduled Jan. 27“A Day of Remembrance observance honoring those members of the NASA Family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery will take place Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. from NASA Headquarters in Washington.” Editor’s note: Looking back at the news coverage of this event, I find it somewhat annoying that nearly all of the news accounts focus only on astronauts […]
Glenn Mahone Named Acting Chief of NASA Strategic Communications“NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe named Glenn Mahone as the agency’s Acting Chief of Strategic Communications, effective immediately. Mahone also will continue to serve as Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor to the Office of Administrator.”
Third Interim Report – NASA Return to Flight Task Group – January 28, 2005“NASA has not interpreted the CAIB recommendations to be a checklist, but rather has in many cases undertaken activities that far exceeded the intent of CAIB. In other instances, technological and other barriers have thus far prevented the kind of progress CAIB had hoped for, and NASA has striven for. Taken together, the RTF TG believes it […]
NASA Haughton-Mars Project Space Shuttle Columbia Inukshuk Memorials“To honor the memory of the seven astronauts of Space Shuttle Columbia’s last flight the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) has established seven astronaut memorial sites on Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, during the summer field seasons of 2003 and 2004.”Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 20 July 2003: Arctic Memorials and Starship Yearnings“Our task was a somewhat solemn one. We were here […]
Message to Outer Planet Research Community by NASA Mission Directorate’s Solar System Division“Due to miscommunications within the Solar System Division, the email that you received was misleading and premature. I sincerely apologize for the confusion and concern that it has caused. I am working with Science Mission Directorate Management to institute a process that will eliminate future miscommunications to the Science Community.” NASA To Use Outer Planets Data Analysis Funds […]
Challenger – A Flight Surgeon Remembers, Dr. Sanity“On January 28, 1986, I was at Cape Canaveral in Florida. As a NASA Flight Surgeon, I had been assigned as the Crew Surgeon for Mission 51-L (noone really wanted the job since many disapproved of having a civilian–the teacher in space–fly on a space mission).”
Does Rearranging Appropriations Panels Make Any Sense?, Roll Call (new link from Center for American Progress)“Anticipating the problem he will likely face – that is, repeatedly trying to overcome support for veterans in order to direct more money to the space center – DeLay put forth a proposal to realign subcommittee jurisdictions. His timing was perfect. He floated the proposal only weeks before the Republican Steering Committee – a group […]
NASA Langley Fab Section RIF Process Charts“Folks: As many of you know, the NASA fab team won the A-76 competition. This means that the civil servants working in the fab section will be entering a competitive/RIF process to gain a job in the new organization. Approximately half of those 37 people will secure a position in the new organization. @LaRC has a link: Human Capital A-76 Transition Plan to a […]
Deadly space lessons go unheeded, MSNBC“NASA prefers to literally bury the wreckage in underground concrete crypts, to shove the investigation reports onto another bookshelf, and to allocate one day per year to honoring the dead while ignoring what killed them the other 364 days.”