LaRC Aeronautics Update

Editor’s note: Sources report that Aeronautics AA Lisa Porter went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon. LaRC officials were also asked to meet yesterday (Thursday) with Sen. Warner’s office – that delegation consisted of LaRC Center Director Lesa Roe, Dave Hinton, and Howard Lewis. Yesterday I submitted a request to HQ PAO asking for a verbatim transcript of Porter’s LaRC all hands (which J.D. Harrington have told me that they have) and asked for additional information on these Congressional visits.

Editor’s update: I just got a call from Harrington who confirmed these two visits and said that Porter’s visit to the Senate Appropriations Committee was scheduled “weeks ago”. Harrington would not tell me what was discussed during these visits. In addition, he told me that they do not have a transcript of the entire Porter all hands event and that he only had a portion (the 757 question) transcribed. When I asked why the entire event was not transcribed (so as to dispel confusion) he said that this was not PAO policy to do so and that the “target” audience heard what she had to say. I suggested posting audio recordings (i.e. podcasts) so that there would be no confusion over what was – or was not said – and he said he would forward that suggestion to his management.

What Lisa Porter Said – And What NASA Wants You To Think She Said (earlier post)

Langley’s “flying lab” could be on chopping block, AP

NASA 757’s fate is up in the air, Daily Press

“Lisa Porter, associate director for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Management Division in Washington, D.C., has told employees at NASA Langley that her group questions the need for research airplanes in general. “We did not see a need to specifically have the 757,” she said in a meeting at Langley that was not open to reporters.”