Cyberspace to Outer Space, Let’s Have a Conference and Go There, NY Times“Nobody’s holding a space conference, so I decided to do one,” [Esther Dyson] said in an interview. “It’s not that there aren’t space conferences, but nothing as tacky and commercial as we want to be.” Editor’s note: You can sign up for Dyson’s pricey course here. Note: one of the participants is Bruce J. Holmes, Director for Strategic […]
NASA MSFC Memo: Loss of Bank of America Information on NASA Employees“Investigators have been advised that as many as 21,000 NASA employees could potentially be involved in this matter. Bank of America has begun the process of sending letters to each person affected. Those letters should arrive sometime this week and will provide an update and a special toll free number for cardholders should they have questions or concerns.”
Editor’s note: I noticed a rather curious disclaimer at the the bottom of this article this morning on the Space Review: “Dwayne A. Day served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB). He currently works in the space policy field for an organization in Washington, DC. This article represents the opinions of the author alone.” That’s fine, but I find it curious that Mr. Day sees fit […]
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 28 February 2005“Progress M-52 (17P) launched on time (2:09pm EST) with resupply from Baikonur/Kasakhstan. After normal separation of the first, second and third stage of the Soyuz-U rocket, antennas and solar arrays were nominally deployed at orbit insertion (2:18pm). With that, the new cargo ship, of 7200 kg mass, with over 2000 kg of cargo, is on its way to rendezvous with ISS.”
AP hits ex-NASA’s O’Keefe but then gets hit back, US News & World Report“Retired NBC reporter Fred Francis, a NASA consultant, says, “After 38 years as a journalist, I wish I had the talent of an AP reporter from Baton Rouge who was able to get four unnamed sources in Washington to trash someone. The story was just flat wrong.”
NASA Exploration Systems Directorate Industry Day“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) will present to industry an overview of upcoming acquisition activities related to the implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration.The objective of this forum is to provide industry with particulars focused on the following: 1. Overview of the Crew Explorations Vehicle (CEV) Request for Proposal (RFP); 2. Overview of the draft Systems Engineering […]
Action-reaction in space: the “gyrodine war” heats up, Jim Oberg, Space Review“For almost a week there was no public NASA or Russian response to the report February 10 on Alan Boyle’s “Cosmic Log” from an internal NASA status report. The “investigation has confirmed that at least one of the international space station’s astronauts [and possibly both] roamed into a “keep-out zone” (or KOZ, in NASA-speak) during a spacewalk last month.”NASA […]
Stennis services center on governor’s radar, The Sun Herald“If Stennis beats out NASA facilities in Huntsville, Ala., and Cleveland, about 500 jobs will initially be created in the $23.7 million shared services building. The average salary for the new NASA employees, who would be providing payroll, human resources, and customer service to more than 20,000 people, will be $55,000.”
NASA Cassini Saturn Image: What is this?, NASA JPL“W00005078.jpg was taken on February 21, 2005 and received on Earth February 21, 2005. The camera was pointing toward SKY, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2005.” Editor’s note: This raw image has been online for […]
Union Protests NASA’s Plans to Cut Jobs, Reorganize Research Centers, Washington Post “NASA plans to cut 2,673 civil service jobs and restructure research center operations over the next 18 months, according to agency briefing papers. The planned downsizing is being protested by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO, which provided reporters with a Feb. 14 briefing paper on what the agency calls “workforce/institutional transformation.”NASA cuts aviation research […]