Soyuz Leak Repaired On The International Space Station “The International Space Station’s cabin pressure is holding steady after the Expedition 56 crew conducted repair work on one of two Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the complex. The repair was made to address a leak that had caused a minor reduction of station pressure. After a morning of investigations, the crew reported that the leak was isolated to a hole about […]
According to @NASA Technology Associate Administrator Jurczyk at the NAC meeting #NASA will deliver a report to @OMB tomorrow on proposals to convert some/all of NASA's field centers into FFRDCs. A meeting with #OMB on the plan is planned for 7 Sep. pic.twitter.com/KmzDA5ATJA — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 30, 2018 Keith’s note: FYI you may notice that emails from folks at JPL will soon have different addresses: jpl.nasa.gov will be […]
Keith’s note: I am not even sure where to start. I knew Paul for 30 years. He was truly the “man in the moon”. I am not sure that there was any one person left among us who had that Apollo-era sort of knowledge of the Moon – its geology, its resources, and its untapped potential. He was an unrelenting advocate for lunar exploration and he will be truly missed. […]
Sources report that @NASA is going to sign some exclusive agreements with @SpaceFoundation to have them do events official for the @NASA 60th birthday & Apollo 11 50th anniversary. Odd how this was not publicly competed @JeffDeWitAZ @JimBridenstine — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 29, 2018
NASA Earth Science Director Announces Retirement “Michael Freilich, director of the Earth Science Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters since 2006, announced he will retire from the agency in February 2019. Freilich leads NASA’s mission to increase understanding of our home planet and help safeguard and improve lives for humanity’s future.” Open Positions at NASA HQ: Planetary Science Division Director and NASA Deputy Chief Scientist “NASA is […]
FYI @JimBridenstine Jason Crusan is trying to be cute saying that Gateway is not a space station (to thwart some criticism that it is) because it has an engine and moves around. Apparently Jason does not know that ISS has engines and that it moves around (reboost) all the time. pic.twitter.com/2sSF0J7hZh — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 28, 2018 By comparing Gateway/ISS in his Powerpoint chart Jason Crusan aptly demonstrates that […]
Take a look at this @NASA Powerpoint slide from the #NASA Advisory Council meeting today. In addition to all of the lunar stuff now they want to do Mars sample return handling/processing. As if the Gateway already tried to do everything for everyone – now there's even more to do pic.twitter.com/HdbbOJkFDq — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 27, 2018 FYI @SciGuySpace his is what @NASA came up with the last time […]
Look at all of the human health research that @NASA will NOT have completed on ISS (after several decades of work) when they pull the plug on funding ISS in 2024. pic.twitter.com/lGQQSMZVB3 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 27, 2018 Oddly while these human research priorities still need to be done before the whole #JourneyToMars thing starts up again the LOP-G/Gateway will be far LESS capable of addressing this research than […]
The telecon for the @NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Meeting is broken because @NASAAmes does not know how to host a simple teleconference https://t.co/B66GSBVOWS — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 27, 2018 More audio problems. @Dr_ThomasZ is giving up. So am I. I hope the NAC/HEO mtg, which begins at 1:00 pm ET, has a better connection. — Marcia Smith (@SpcPlcyOnline) August 27, 2018 Keith’s note: After a series of problems […]