Science division of White House office no longer staffed: report, The Hill “While the science division had no staff members as of Friday, a White House official told CBS News that the science and technology office was still functioning with 35 staffers. Still, that compares to the more than 100 employees who worked in the office under Obama.” How Jonathan Dimock Auditioned To Be NASA White House Liaison “My preference […]
NASA Denies That It’s Running a Child Slave Colony on Mars, Daily Beast “A report on Alex Jones’ InfoWars claiming child sex slaves have been kidnapped and shipped to Mars is untrue, NASA told The Daily Beast on Thursday. “There are no humans on Mars. There are active rovers on Mars. There was a rumor going around last week that there weren’t. There are,” Guy Webster, a spokesperson for Mars […]
RSC BUDGET OPTIONS 2005 Summary and Explanation of Offsets, Rep. Mike Pence, RSC Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, RSC Budget & Spending Task Force Chairman [Page 6] “Cancel NASA’s New Moon/Mars Initiative 2006: -1,493 5-year savings -11,511 10-year savings -44,042” [Page 8] “Cancel NASA’s New Moon/Mars Initiative In 2004, the President announced a new initiative to explore the Moon and Mars with the goal of returning humans to the Moon by […]
Buzz Aldrin and other NASA astronauts wait for President Trump to sign an executive order reinstating the national space council pic.twitter.com/rSctDkAQeq — shannon A (@shogustus) June 30, 2017 Keith’s note: The only person from NASA present at this event is an astronaut (Alvin Drew). No NASA Administrator. No Newt Gingrich or Bob Walker. And no Rep. Jim Bridenstine … Text of Executive Order Re-Establishing The National Space Council “By the […]
Keith’s note: This is how political campaign staff get a job after the campaign is over — if you were a campaign loyalist and worked hard enough to get your candidate elected (and got noticed yourself), that is. Once the election is over the Transition Team asks you to make suggestions in terms of an agency or department you’d like to call home and then the Transition Team looks at […]
The Wild Conspiracy Theory That NASA Is Faking Its Mars Rover Missions In Canada, Mashable “Apparently, a lot of people are convinced that NASA’s Mars missions are a big hoax, and that the space agency’s rovers are actually sending back photos from an island in Canada. Obviously NASA says this is complete nonsense. The conspiracy theory has been making the rounds for at least two years, with YouTube videos and […]
House Appropriators Propose $19.9 Billion for NASA, Full Funding for JPSS and GOES, SpacePolicyOnline “Trump proposed a substantial cut for NASA in his FY2018 budget request — from the $19.653 billion provided by Congress in FY2017 to $19.092 billion for FY2018 and the same total for each of the subsequent four years. The House CJS subcommittee recommendation is an increase not only above the Trump request, but also above the […]
NASA Internal Memo: Agency Update – June 27, 2017 “Finally, as we work the FY19 budget process, we are preparing to submit our first response to the Executive Order on a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch. We have a number of initiatives — including building off several activities like the Business Services Assessment and Capability Leadership — which are well underway. Lesa Roe and I will be doing […]
Frank Morring: A Space Reporter’s Swan Song After 44 Years On The Beat, Aviation Week “Please forgive the self-indulgence, but this is my last column for Aviation Week & Space Technology. I’m retiring at the end of the month, after 44 years as what once was called a print journalist – most of it specializing in space exploration. “Print journalist” seems anachronistic today, when you probably are reading these words […]