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Month: October 2013
How To Reimburse Contractors After the Shutdown

NASA Procurement Information Circular PIC 13-05 October 25, 2013 “GUIDANCE: Under the terms of their contracts, contractors are responsible for submitting complete, proper requests for payment due to impacts of the Government shutdown, including identifying the contract clause under which payment is sought and including sufficient supporting documentation. [contracting officers] COs may not solicit requests; COs may respond to contractor questions but should not influence a contractor’s choice of whether […]

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  • October 31, 2013
There's No One Home at innovate.nasa.gov

Keith’s 30 Oct 4:52 pm note: What is innovate.nasa.gov? It claims to be “a collaboration platform to foster open discussion about technology across NASA and its external innovation community. This is the place for you to rethink and reinvent existing research, learn about NASA technology, and shape the conversation about future NASA innovation. We post information about NASA’s inventions and technology focus areas. You join other technology experts, researchers, and […]

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  • October 31, 2013
$1.5 billion Dark Matter Detector AMS is on ISS – Not Underground

Dark Matter Experiment Has Detected Nothing, Researchers Say Proudly, NY Times “LUX is the latest in a long series of ever-larger experiments that have occupied and taunted the world’s physicists over the last few years. They are all in abandoned mines or other underground places to shield them from cosmic rays, which could cause false alarms. … Larger instruments are already on the drawing boards of LUX and other collaborations, […]

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  • October 31, 2013
Once Again Washington Post Makes Claims – Without Fact Checking

Dream Chaser has rough landing in test flight, but firm hails ‘successful day’ for space plane “Sierra Nevada is perhaps the underdog in the competition to win the NASA contract to haul astronauts to the international space station.” Keith’s note: You just toss this out there, Joel Achenbach, and never provide a source or data to substantiate your statement. Why is SNC the “underdog”? Boeing has yet to fly their […]

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  • October 31, 2013
Getting Ready For More Sequester Cuts at NASA

Another year of sequestration would delay NASA missions, USA Today “NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said Thursday that the agency was still assessing the impact of another year of sequestration and its “stifling constraints.” Even holding at fiscal 2013 levels would be problematic because it’s about $850 million less than the president’s request. That would mean deep cuts in space technology, “the seed corn that allows the nation to conduct ever […]

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  • October 30, 2013
NASA's Technology Program Can't Explain or Coordinate Itself

.@NASASpinoff why don't @NASATechBriefs @NASA_Technology @NASATechgateway coordinate & retweet ALL #NASA tech news? Who's in charge? #NASA — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 25, 2013 NASA Technology That Can’t Link To Itself, earlier post Keith’s note: NASA Office of the Chief Technologist has no link to NASA Tech Briefs. NASA Tech Briefs does not link to NASA OCT. In fact, I did a search of the source HTML code on the […]

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  • October 30, 2013
Setback for Dream Chaser (Update)

Keith’s note: SNC is having a media telecon tday at 11:30 am EDT. Follow @NASAWatch for tweets. Note that the video ends just before landing. Odd. You can see that the left gear was not deploying properly. Keith’s update: According to SNC’s Mark Sirangelo the Dream Chaser flight on Saturday achieved 99% of what was planned. The prime purpose was to see if the vehicle would fly. It did – […]

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  • October 29, 2013
Management Changes at Commercial Crew Program (Update)

Keith’s 28 Oct note: Sources report that Ed Mango has resigned as head of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Kathy Leuders, the current Deputy Program Manager, will be taking over for Mango. She has the support and respect of all the companies, NASA, and the Administration. This management change will renew the tug of war between JSC and KSC over where this program should actually be managed. Keith’s 29 Oct update […]

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  • October 29, 2013
Space Studies Board is (Not Really) Interested In What You Think

A Last Chance to Tell the NRC *YOUR* Ideas for Human Spaceflight — Via Twitter, Space Policy Online “The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee on Human Spaceflight is offering everyone a last chance to provide their ideas on the future of the human spaceflight program via a Twitter chat tomorrow, October 29, 2013. This is the first time the NRC is using social media to obtain input from the public. […]

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  • October 28, 2013
NASA Wants You To Nominate New Advisors For It To Ignore

Annual Call for Nominations for NASA science advisory subcommittees, NASA SMD “NASA invites nominations for service on NASA science advisory subcommittees of the NASA Advisory Council. U.S. citizens may nominate individuals and also submit self-nominations for consideration as potential members of NASA’s science advisory subcommittees. NASA’s science advisory subcommittees have member vacancies from time to time throughout the year, and NASA will consider nominations and self-nominations to fill such intermittent […]

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  • October 28, 2013