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Month: December 2006
Story Ideas For Bored Reporters

NASA Story Ideas – Human Interest, NASA PAODoug Cooke, Deputy Associate Administrator Weekend yachting: Cooke has sailed and designed at the America’s Cup level, travelling all over the world.Cris Guidi, Ares Program Executive Greek marathon participant Editor’s note: One would think that NASA PAO would be encouraging government officials to focus their time during work hours talking about their job responsibilities – not their hobbies.

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  • December 31, 2006
Bart Gordon: Moon Base? Great Idea. Now Show Me The Money

We will need specifics to evaluate proposal, editorial by Rep. Bart Gordon” …we will need more specifics from NASA and the president to fully evaluate the current moon base proposal for its value, feasibility and, of course, affordability. If a return to the moon is really the president’s priority, he needs to come up with the funds required, not simply take money from NASA’s other core missions and programs.”

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  • December 30, 2006
NASA Needs To Retune Its Message

NASA’s vision lost on Web generation, AP“NASA’s new vision of sending astronauts back to the moon by 2017 and eventually on to Mars, recent surveys show. Concerned about this lack of interest, NASA’s image-makers are taking a hard look at how to win over the young generation — media-saturated teens and 20-somethings growing up on YouTube and Google and largely indifferent to manned space flight.”Observations from the Second Space Exploration […]

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  • December 30, 2006
Weight Issues Continue In Ares-1/Orion Program

Marshall engineers set to refine rocket design, Huntsville Times“We aren’t even through with the design yet,” he said. “There’s no vehicle on a launch pad, and I’m confident by the time the Ares is stacked, it will have the power there the day we go fly it.” Editor’s note: If the Ares 1 indeed has the power it needs to loft Orion, one would think that Dave King would be […]

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  • December 30, 2006
Selected Quotes From 2006

AIP FYI #144: Of Note: S&T Policy Quotations of 2006“Yes, there are winners, but also many losers.” – Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Ranking Minority Member on Science Committee on the Administration’s FY 2007 S&T request “I have to say, this is probably the most depressing hearing I’ve sat through.” – Rep. Gordon discussing proposed FY 2007 NASA science budget. “We . . . have created an irrational exuberance.” – NASA […]

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  • December 30, 2006
OMB Deputy Director Johnson Thinks NASA's Mission Statements are "Baloney"

Editor’s 18 Dec 2006 note: Based on some comments made recently by OMB Deputy Director Clay Johnson, there is not a lot of enthusiasm for what NASA is doing – especially the Vision for Space Exploration – at OMB.Go to Government Executive’s TV page – specifically, the Leadership series. Go to “A Look at 2007 Agenda” (12/06/06) – and then head for the ‘discussion’ portion of the event (link is […]

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  • December 30, 2006
Aeronautics Policy Released While Everyone Is on Vacation

President Bush Signs Executive Order Establishing National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy“President Bush signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the nations first Aeronautics Research and Development Policy. The EO was accompanied by release of a supporting Policy document developed by the Aeronautics Science and Technology (S&T) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). The overarching goal of the Policy is to advance U.S. technological leadership in aeronautics by […]

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  • December 30, 2006
Federal Government Closed on Tuesday

President George W. Bush To Close Federal Offices in Tribute to Former President Gerald R. Ford, OPM“By Executive Order of President George W. Bush, all executive departments, independent organizations and other agencies of the Federal government shall be closed on Tuesday, January 2, 2007, as a mark of respect for Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States.”

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  • December 28, 2006
Russia Shuts Off China's Access to Space Tech

Russia Won’t Transfer Space Technology, AP“Anatoly Perminov, chief of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, said Moscow and Beijing would cooperate in robotic missions to the moon. He added, however, that Russia would maintain restrictions on sharing technology. Russia sold China the technology that formed the basis of its manned space program, which launched its first astronaut in 2003 and two others in 2005. The Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft closely resembles the Russian […]

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  • December 26, 2006
Discovery Lands In Florida

NASA Space Shuttle Status Report 22 December 2006 – 5 p.m. CST“The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery made it home in time for Christmas, gliding to a perfect landing as the sun set over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery touched down on Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at 4:32 p.m. CST. The crew had spent 12 days, 20 hours and 44 minutes in flight. Discovery’s nose […]

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  • December 22, 2006