Editor’s note: As best as I can calculate, NASA Watch is 10 years old today. It started as “NASA RIF Watch”. The “RIF” was dropped when the threat of a RIF under Dan Goldin subsided. Looking back at how things were in 1996 and flashing forward to current events i.e. Contractor layoffs and RIF threats, program cuts made with no consistent underlying rationale, NASA cost numbers that can’t be believed, […]

Editor’s note: Monday morning, at the opening session of the Astrobiology Science Conference in Washington DC, NASA Watch reported that Andrew Dantzler, Director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA HQ told 700 astrobiologists that the proposed FY 2007 cuts in Astrobiology did not sit well with the research community noting that “it was was not a good shot [at a budget] – we could have done better”. He then […]

Editor’s note: According to discussions with several reporters in the past few minutes, a teleconference with Mike Griffin was to be held today from 4:00 – 5:00 pm EST. Reporters were called about this event by Doc Mirelson in the NASA news room starting yesterday. Once again, as been the case in the past few months, I did not get an invitation to participate. Oh well.Note to NASA: Other than […]

Editor’s note: C’mon, Mike. I put in a formal request for a transcript of the event with Tom DeLay yesterday. It has been nearly a week since the event in question. Dean Acosta told me that he did not have a recording or a transcript when I spoke with him yesterday. Now you claim that you have the transcript. If so, then why haven’t I been sent that transcript? Why […]

Administrator Griffin and Deputy Administrator Dale to Hold NASA Update – March 30, 2006Watch NASA TVNASA Principles and Policies on Scientific Openness“The resulting new policy, which will be available today on our Web site at http://www.nasa.gov/commpolicy, contains a statement of principles and revised policies that will enable better cooperation across our agency and more effective communication with the public.”NASA Policy on the Release of Information to News and Information Media“This […]

Statement of Lisa Porter before the House Subcommittee on Space and AeronauticsStatement by NASA Deputy Administrator Dale before the House Science CommitteeStatement by NASA Administrator Griffin before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, the Depts of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies

NASA Space Science Continues To Be at Risk“Even more serious are the cuts and money transfers going on right now in the 2006 budget from science to human spaceflight. Unfortunately, even if Congress were to increase funding for NASA science, such funding could be quickly lost. Administrator Griffin already has said that science will be used to cover funding shortages for the “higher-priority” expenses associated with human spaceflight such as […]

X-37 Flies Captive…Again (with photos), Mojave Weblog“March 24, 2006 – It wasn’t planned that way, of course, but the NASA/DARPA/Boeing X-37 got an extra captive carry flight under its belt this morning. It was supposed to be the vehicle’s first free-flight, with a landing over at Roger’s Dry Pond (aka Edwards AFB), and for once the Mojave weather was actually cooperative. But the microwaves weren’t.”

NASA denies chief made formal DeLay endorsement, Houston Chronicle“The space program has had no better friend in its entire existence than Tom DeLay,” Griffin said Friday of DeLay’s legislative support of the agency. “He’s still with us and we need to keep him there.” Editor’s Update: Mike Griffin may not have meant to endorse Delay for re-election – but that is exactly what he apparently did. Editor’s note: The following […]

NASA Scientist Dr. Thomas Goodwin to Present Data on Growing Human Brain from Precursor Cells at Harborview Medical Center, Genetic Engineering News“Dr. Thomas Goodwin, project scientist for NASA’s Integrated Cell Science Project, has been invited by the University of Washington to share his research data on using nanosecond pulsed electromagnetic field technology to grow brain tissue from human brain cells harvested at the time of surgery. … Dr. Gordon, the […]