Editor’s note: I have an iPhone. What an astonishing device! I bought it at the Tyson’s Corner Apple store. Total time to purchase: 5 minutes from the moment when I entered the store.
Astronaut’s attorney: She did NOT wear diapers, AP“An attorney for a former astronaut wanted to set the record straight Friday: Lisa Nowak didn’t wear diapers during the 950-mile road trip to confront a romantic rival. “The biggest lie in this preposterous tale that has been told is that my client drove from Houston, Texas, to Orlando, Florida, nonstop, wearing a diaper,” Donald Lykkebak said after filing motions to suppress evidence […]
NASA Mars Rover Ready For Descent Into Crater“NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet’s massive Victoria Crater. This latest trek carries real risk for the long-lived robotic explorer, but NASA and the Mars Rover science team expect it to provide valuable science.”
Senators Hutchison, Landrieu, Mikulski and Shelby Pledge to Introduce NASA Funding Amendment“Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences and Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) today pledged to introduce an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill to provide $1 billion in additional funding for NASA when the bill […]
Held Prisoner on JetBlue – The Airline That is Afraid To Fly, SpaceRef“I used to like JetBlue. Not any more. Just a month and a half ago I found myself on the inaugural flight from San Francisco to New York with Jet Blue’s CEO aboard. The service was good that day. But not today. Indeed, today I felt like a prisoner.”
NASA Strategic Management Council 22 May 2007: Available for New Work (AFNW) Status Report“Griffin remained firm that JSC will not grow to meet excess demand. He noted that he has been clear in his direction to the mission directorates, but that it is clear from the continuing problem that mission directorates and program and project managers are not working to achieve the same goals. Griffin related his previous experience managing […]
Editor’s note: The following selection is repeated – verbatim – from an ongoing “Ask the Administrator” dialog with Mike Griffin, located on InsideNASA, and can be viewed by anyone at NASA: From: Anonymous (Goddard Space Flight Center) Question(s): After making the hard and much needed decision to stop moving the Lunar Precursor and Robotics Program office from Center to Center and bring it to HQ to more efficiently manage NASA’s […]
A Visit from Atlantis“Explanation: This remarkable image of the space shuttle orbiter Atlantis docked with the International Space Station (ISS) was taken at a range of 190 nautical miles. To record the fast moving pair, last week astronomers at Clay Center Observatory, near Boston, Massachusetts, planet Earth, used a satellite tracking system and 25-inch diameter telescope in combination with a digital video camera.”
Senate subcommittees approve 2008 funds for Energy, Justice, Federal Times“Senate subcommittees today approved a $32.3 billion spending bill for the Army Corps of Engineers, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation and the Energy Department, and a $54.6 billion spending bill for agencies including the Justice and Commerce departments and NASA. … Unlike the House bill, the Senate version does not include language blocking NASA from pursuing exploration of Mars.”
NASA Updated Crew Exploration Vehicle Lien Closure Implementation Plan, May 23, 2007“Primary objective – Develop a system design that closes on weight and cost, including required Managers Reserve (1000-2000 lbs) – Primary objective likely wont be met by SDRWhat is off limits?– OML size and shape – 6 crew to ISS/4 crew to Lunar – Changes to subsystem basic technology or architecture (i.e., amine swing beds v. LiO canisters, LIDS […]