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Month: January 2009
NASA's Jim Hansen Engages In Personal Foreign Policy

Salmond’s energy plan is too risky, Scotsman Exclusive: Man From Nasa Slams Salmond Coal Plan As ‘Sham’, iStockAnalyst “One of the world’s leading climate change experts yesterday called into question the green credentials of the First Minister, branding his energy policy a “sham”. Nasa scientist Dr James Hansen called for Alex Salmond to abandon any plans to allow new coal-fired power stations to be built in Scotland. .. Opposition parties […]

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  • January 31, 2009
Obama Policies on Transparency, Openness, and Participation – and NASA

Executive Order: Freedom of Information Act, White House “All agencies should adopt a presumption in favor of disclosure, inorder to renew their commitment to the principles embodied inFOIA, and to usher in a new era of open Government. The presumption of disclosure should be applied to all decisions involving FOIA. The presumption of disclosure also means that agencies should takeaffirmative steps to make information public.They should not wait for specific […]

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  • January 30, 2009
Going To School Weightless

Students get weightless testing personal navigation aid for spaceflight, NSBRI “Many people resolved to lose weight this year, but seven university students had a different goal – to be “weightless.” The students served as both investigators and test subjects in an experiment to examine how a person’s sense of direction is impacted by the lack of gravity and whether a simple device can improve the ability to navigate. The student […]

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  • January 30, 2009
Abbey Lane: They're Back

Maximizing NASA’s Potential In Flight and on the Ground: Recommendations for the Next Administration, by George Abbey, Neal Lane, and John Muratore, James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University “Recommendation 1: Restructure the human space initiative and keep the space shuttle flying until 2015 Recommendation 2: Deliver short-term (within four years) payoffs in energy and the environment, especially in the area of climate change Recommendation 3: Deliver longer-term […]

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  • January 30, 2009
Moving Toward a Crew of 6 on ISS

NASA Sets Briefing With Members of First Six-Person Station Crew (With Internal NASA Technical Documents) “NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. CST, Wednesday, March 4, with the International Space Station residents who will usher in an era of six-person crews. The briefing will originate from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Questions will be taken from reporters at participating […]

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  • January 30, 2009
Is SMD Paying Attention to White House Priorities?

Editor’s note: The Obama administration is clearly interested in Earth science and has focused most of NASA’s stimulus package funds on climate and Earth science issues. Right now a volcano (Mount Redoubt) is about to erupt in Alaska with the potential to disrupt life in the region. With this renewed focus on Earth science you’d think that NASA SMD would take a little time to gather all the things their […]

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  • January 29, 2009
A Moment at Arlington

Remembering Apollo 1, Columbia, and Challenger at Arlington, OnOrbit “NASA Acting Administrator Christopher Scolese, left, and other NASA senior leaders participate in a wreath laying ceremony as part of NASA’s Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreathes were laid in memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)”

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  • January 29, 2009
Message from the President on NASA's Day of Remembrance, Jan. 29, 2009

“The arrival of a new year reminds us that life is a journey, one that takes us on many unexpected paths. NASA’s role is to pioneer journeys into the unknown for the benefit of humanity. Along the way, we sometimes experience tragedy instead of triumph. Today, we pause to reflect on those moments in exploration when things did not go as expected and we lost brave pioneers. But what sets […]

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  • January 29, 2009
Remembering

Message from the Acting NASA Administrator – Day of Remembrance, Jan. 29, 2009 “It’s going to be a busy year for all of us, with missions that carry with them the considerable risk that is a part of our normal business. But they also carry great potential. We each have opportunities — every day — to remember through our actions, the courageous men and women who dedicated their lives to […]

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  • January 29, 2009
Stimulus Money For NASA Approved By House

House Passes Recovery Package, including Investments to Strengthen Competitiveness, Economy with Science and Technology “Today the U.S. House of Representatives approved HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, including substantial investments in science and Technology. … “At National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), funding that will to put more scientists to work doing climate change research, including Earth science research recommended by the National Academies, satellite sensors that measure […]

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  • January 29, 2009