NASA requests shuttle options, Huntsville Times “It’s not really a formal study, though,” Yembrick said, “but an informal request. As an agency we realize we want to be prepared and look at our options across the program.” Yembrick said the options would be part of briefings and testimony to White House officials, Congress and other decision makers NASA has to speak to about the subject, and it should take about […]
Stennis Space Center To Close For Hurricane Gustav “NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center will close Friday, Aug. 29, at 4:30 p.m. CDT, due to the approach of tropical storm Gustav, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. Normal operations at the facility are expected to resume when conditions permit.”
For Sale: Moon and Mars, NY Times “Would you like to buy some real estate on Mars or the Moon? No, this would not be the equivalent of buying the Brooklyn Bridge, at least according to a review of legal precedents and treaties published in the Journal of Air Law and Commerce. The authors, Alan Wasser and Douglas Jobe of the Space Settlement Institute, conclude that the international Outer Space […]
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility Closes For Hurricane Gustav “NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans will close at midnight Saturday, Aug. 30, to all but essential support personnel because of the approach and expected landfall of tropical storm Gustav, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. All scheduled production activities have been canceled during the Labor Day holiday weekend.”
The President of Free Space, Part 1, Free Space “Rational thought, the foundation of science, the reason why there are rovers scratching the sand on Mars today, has been largely absent from the American political scene, and perhaps the American way of life for a long time now. Institutions created to solve specific problems, became incarnated (think FDR’s New Deal and LBJ’s Great Society) and never went away. That’s what […]
EXCLUSIVE: NASA to study extending shuttle era to 2015, Orlando Sentinel “NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has ordered his suborbinates to study how the agency could fly the space shuttle beyond its planned retirement in 2010, according to an internal e-mail obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. The decision signals what could be a huge change in NASA policy. Griffin repeatedly has rejected the notion of extending the shuttle era beyond its […]
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Computer virus in space – NASA astronauts get hit, Economic Times Stowaway computer virus sent into orbit, Times Online Password Stealing Worm Catches NASA Napping, InternetNews Virus Found On Computer In Space Station, Information Week Reports: Laptop infected with virus on space station, USA Today “A laptop on the International Space Station is infected with a virus, according to SpaceRef, a website that covers the space program.” Virus Infects Space […]
State senators backing request to extend space shuttle program “Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, agreed with the letter’s intent and called for a cessation of Russian hostility to its neighbors. He said he fears the 15-year-old joint U.S.-Russian space station agreement could end if relations continued to slide, he said. “If Russia continues to act irresponsibly, our partnership in space will have to end. If that occurs, we will need to […]
Wayne Hale’s NASA Blog: Shutting Down the Shuttle “Hey, I am the biggest shuttle hugger there is. I think it is the best spacecraft ever built. But I also deal in the real world. Where does the money come from? Where do the people — who should be working on the moon rocket — where do they come from? We started shutting down the shuttle four years ago. That horse […]