Editor’s 1 Aug update: Jane Cherry is now listed on the NASA HQ organization page. I wonder how long it will be before her official biography documenting her extensive experience (and its relevance to NASA) will be posted. Editor’s 28 July note: The vacant White House Liaisonposition at NASA HQ has been filled with – surprise – a Bush Administration political appointee – Jane Cherry. Cherry is listed on NASA’s […]

Apple iPhone Out, BlackBerry 8800 In At NASA, Information Week“According to the minutes, the decision was made by officials within NASA’s ODIN program office. ODIN, or Outsourcing Desktop Initiative For NASA, is a program under which NASA is outsourcing computer supply and support to private-sector companies. The meeting minutes indicate that Jeff Stephens, an ODIN acting project manager who also works for defense contractor Lockheed Martin, broke the news that […]

NASA Postpones Phoenix Launch“Friday’s scheduled launch of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket has been postponed 24 hours. The two available launch times on Saturday, Aug. 4, are 5:26:34 a.m. and 6:02:59 a.m. EDT.”

Editor’s note: For several weeks, the K 10 Rover team from NASA ARC was testing out their two rovers “Red” and “Black” at the Haughton Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island. The following two videos have been posted which were shot by a camera on each rover as they drove around. K10 Red Navigating HMP Base CampK10 Black Navigating Drill Hill

Editor’s update: Note from the originator of this USENET thread: “Just got off the phone with the Export Control compliance guy from GD/NASA-KSC. There is *not* an ITAR issue with the stuff I’ve listed on my website He also pointed out that GD is *not* trying to censor Saturn V stuff. Whoever did that previously, it is NOT General Dynamics.” Editor’s update: Slashdot readers are having fun with this topic.Saturn […]

Message From the NASA Administrator – July 30, 2007: Astronaut Health Report“At the same time, however, our policy has been to say very little publicly until we know more. If you saw the press conference, I am sure you realize that the report was assembled from anecdotal information, unverified by the committee and, indeed, not documented in a way that would allow us to pursue the cited incidents to closure. […]

NASA confirms reports of intoxicated astronauts, Posted: Sat, Jul 28 9:49 AM ET (1349 GMT)“NASA officials on Friday confirmed that on at least two occasions astronauts were intoxicated immediately prior to missions as the agency said it was taking steps to investigate and remedy the situation.” Editor’s note: C’mon Jeff, this is really sloppy. No one from NASA “confirmed” the intoxication claims. Quite the contrary, NASA has refered to the […]

Design for a Human Mission to a Near Earth Object, DigitalSpace“DigitalSpace, a privately held company based in Santa Cruz, California, today released their design simulation of a notional crewed mission to an as-yet unidentified asteroid (also refered to as a Near Earth Object, or NEO) which might pass near the Earth sometime in the future. This visualization is DigitalSpace’s design concept for the mission, produced by DigitalSpace as an independent […]

Top Apollo Manager Opposes NASA’s Moon Goal, Aviation Week“One of the most respected top managers of the Apollo program, Joseph P. Gavin, who led development of the NASA/Grumman Apollo lunar module, is airing sharp opposition to the Bush Administration/NASA goal of returning humans to the Moon as a stepping stone to Mars.”

Houston Wine Company Offers Wine Discount to NASA Astronauts, PR Web“Our company realizes the great tension the astronauts are under and it is in this context that we hope our discount on our wines may encourage our astronauts to only drink the highest quality wine available,” he said. “We produce our wines in California from the best select vineyards, but our home remains in Houston and thus we feel as […]