Nat'l Space Council may be meeting soon. @VP said it would meet "before summer's end". No word if public will ever know what is said. #NASA — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 31, 2017
This is probably the worst US flood storm ever, and I’ll never be the same, Eric Berger, Ars Technica “As a forecaster, what do you tell people when their whole worlds are washing away around them, and things are only going to get worse? I cannot really explain what it was like to walk outside on Sunday morning, in the aftermath of historic rainfall and devastating floods, and contemplate that […]
Researchers Advised to Remove Climate Change Language, The Scientist “The US Department of Energy (DOE) is asking scientists to reword their grant proposals so as to avoid mentions of “climate change” or “global warming,” researchers say. The move came to light when Jennifer Bowen, an ecologist at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center, posted part of an email from a DOE official on Friday (August 25), prompting a backlash from members […]
NASA’s Johnson Space Center Closes Through Labor Day for Tropical Storm Harvey “NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will remain closed to all but mission essential personnel through Labor Day due to the effects of now-Tropical Storm Harvey. The center originally closed Aug. 25 and will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 5. The center’s leadership team continues to closely monitor weather conditions and the overall situation in Houston, and is preparing a […]
Keith’s note: I was interviewed live on China Global Television Network last night about the 5 year agreement that China and Russia have reached over various aspects of space exploration.
NASA’s Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet, Lockheed Martin “More information about InSight is online at: https://www.nasa.gov/insight https://insight.jpl.nasa.gov/“ Keith’s note: Here we go again. NASA has deliberately created – and pays to maintain – two official mission websites – this time, for Mars InSight. NASA is paying twice for this. I’d ve willing to bet that a FOIA request would show that the duplication costs in terms […]
Space, nuclear security, polar bears: Russia and the U.S. still agree on some things, Washington Post “Farther afield, American astronauts have been relying on Russia to fly them to the International Space Station since the U.S. space shuttle program shut down in 2011. Despite muttering in Moscow about cosmic retaliation for the latest U.S. sanctions, the Kremlin is not expected to follow through. Not when it costs NASA $80 million […]
Harvey forecast to slam Texas coast as major hurricane with ‘devastating’ flood potential “An incredible amount of rain, 15 to 25 inches with isolated amounts of up to 35 inches, is predicted along the middle and upper Texas coast, because the storm is expected to stall and unload torrents for four to six straight days. The National Hurricane Center said it expects “devastating and life-threatening” flash flooding.” Houston, we have […]
This is what Lamar Smith just said about @sciencemagazine, one of the world's most prestigious journals because everything is fake news now pic.twitter.com/U78B66xHAm — Brian L Kahn (@blkahn) March 29, 2017
NASA Should Continue its Large Strategic Missions to Maintain United States’ Global Leadership in Space “NASA’s large strategic missions like the Hubble Space Telescope, the Curiosity rover on Mars, and the Terra Earth observation satellite are essential to maintaining the United States’ global leadership in space exploration and should continue to be a primary component of a balanced space science program that includes large, medium, and smaller missions, says a […]