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Month: March 2013
Put A Space Exploration Message In Front of Star Trek (Update)

Aerospace Industries Association Crowdfunding Campaign to Advertise for Space Program “The Aerospace Industries Association is leading a first-of-its-kind crowdfund campaign to showcase to students and young people the exciting new era of U.S. space exploration.” Please Support We Are The Explorers – A Movie Trailer for Our Space Program (With Video) “NASA recently made an inspiring new online video narrated by Mr. Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime (see […]

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  • March 30, 2013
Dryden Just Spent $15,528 on Killer Tracks Music

NASA DFRC Award: Production Music Contract “Contract Award Amount: 15528.00 Contractor: UNIVERSAL MUSIC/KILLER TRACKS 2110 COLORADO AVENUE SUITE 110 SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 Classification Code: A — Research and Development NAICS Code: 512110 – Motion Picture and Video Production” Keith’s update: Looks like someone did not get the memos.

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  • March 29, 2013
Does Orbital Still Have The Right Stuff?

Orbital’s private launch may show whether NASA made right call, Orlando Sentinel “In the past four years, a different Orbital rocket failed on two separate NASA missions. Jeff Foust, editor of The Space Review, said Orbital needs a success to stake a bigger claim on the space-launch market. “If they have problems with [these Antares test flights] … it starts to raise the question on whether they can make this […]

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  • March 29, 2013
NASA Asteroid Mission: Rearranging The Solar System: Step 1

NASA Asteroid Capture Mission: First Real Step in Utilizing Extraterrestrial Resources “NASA is about to get a chance to try something totally new: instead of just visting or landing on things in space, it is going to go grab something huge and bring it back to Earth. Details will be formally announced on 10 April 2013 when the new budget is rolled out. The fact that we are now capable […]

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  • March 29, 2013
Bo Jiang Released Pending Trial

Chinese ex-NASA worker to be released pending trial “At a detention hearing today, U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence Leonard ordered Jiang released after a federal prosecutor acknowledged there is no evidence so far that he was in possession of any sensitive, secret or classified material. Jiang will be under supervision of the federal probation office, will be prohibited from traveling outside the Eastern District of Virginia, and will be tracked by […]

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  • March 28, 2013
Inspiration Mars Is Being Pushed by NASA To Consider SLS

Keith’s note: After interaction with/pressure from NASA JSC and MSFC Inspiration Mars is now considering use of single launch of SLS for their mission. Of course, the use of SLS for Inspiration Mars is problematic if a 2018 launch is required. And even if the launch happens would NASA allow it to be used on on of the very first flights for a mission that many inside NASA think is […]

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  • March 28, 2013
Paypal Adopts Software That NASA Developed and Then Dumped

Paypal To Drop VMware From 80,000 Servers and Replace It With OpenStack, Forbes “Backed by Intel and Dell, Mirantis has emerged as a clear leader in the OpenStack world heavily promoting and supporting the adoption of the platform originally developed by NASA and Rackspace.” NASA CIO Dumps NASA-Developed Open Stack, earlier post “NASA’s prestige and participation has been a selling point for advocates of the OpenStack open source cloud project, […]

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  • March 27, 2013
Growing Impact of Travel Restrictions

American Astronomical Society Decries Impact of Federal Travel Restrictions on Science “The American Astronomical Society (AAS) today expressed deep concern about the U.S. government’s new restrictions on travel and conference attendance for federally funded scientists. Enacted in response to the budget sequestration that went into effect on March 1st, the policies severely limit the ability of many researchers to meet with collaborators and to present their latest results at professional […]

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  • March 27, 2013
NASA's Explosives Problem

NASA OIG: Review of NASA’s Explosives Safety Program “This Office of Inspector General (OIG) review found that NASA’s Explosives Safety Program was poorly managed and exposed personnel and facilities to unnecessary risk. Specifically, we identified 155 violations of regulations, policies, procedures, and processes involving unsafe conditions and practices – some of which could have resulted in significant damage, injury, or death to NASA personnel, contractors, and the public.”

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  • March 27, 2013
Hangman's Noose Found at Wallops (Update)

Hangman’s Noose Found at Wallops Flight Facility Construction Site “The American Federation of Government Employees is working to address recent indications of racial harassment at the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF). Last week, AFGE has learned of a hangman’s noose being placed at a construction site on the Wallops Main Base. It has also been brought to our attention that this is not the first demonstration of racial animus and an […]

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  • March 27, 2013