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Month: May 2019
Nepal Is Going To The Moon

Nepali student’s artwork to land on the Moon in 2020, The Himalayan Times “Kathmandu-based Kanjirowa National Secondary School today announced that it is all set to send its student’s artwork to the Moon. According to Kapil Dev Regmi the Chairman of the school, the artefact will be brought to the surface of the Moon by Astrobotic Technologies’ Peregrine lander, flown aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, both American companies, […]

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  • May 31, 2019
NASA Announces Commercial Lunar Payload Services Selections
NASA Announces Commercial Lunar Payload Services Selections

NASA to Announce Selection of Science Commercial Moon Landing Services, Hold Media Teleconference “NASA will announce the next major step in the Artemis program’s lunar surface exploration plans during a NASA Science Live broadcast at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, May 31. The announcement will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Paving the way to return astronauts to the surface of the Moon, and ultimately Mars, NASA will announce […]

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  • May 31, 2019
Former NASA Commercial Crew Manager Pleads Guilty to Another Felony

NASA OIG Semiannual Report: October 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 The @NASAOIG semi annual report is out. Looks like someone in the @NASA Commercial Crew office broke the law more than once. pic.twitter.com/00Rrcs9cBr — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 31, 2019 Update: Former NASA Commercial Crew Director Mango Pleads Guilty to Federal Felony, earlier post (23 November 2013) “This court document (actually it is two documents) contains the details of […]

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  • May 31, 2019
NASA Advisory Council Meeting
NASA Advisory Council Meeting

NASA Advisory Council Meeting “Thursday, May 30, 2019, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; and Friday, May 31, 2019, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon, Eastern Time. The agenda for the meeting will include reports from the following: Aeronautics Committee; Human Exploration and Operations Committee; Regulatory and Policy Committee; Science Committee; STEM Engagement Committee; Technology, Innovation and Engineering Committee” FACA committees are required to have a public input. It is scheduled for a 5 min window […]

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  • May 31, 2019
NASA Needs To Explain The Moon2024 Thing Better

The NAC Science Committee states the obvious: @NASA has no real common strategy for the whole #Artemis #Moon2024 thing – whether it is in terms of the science to be done or the nattional goals/objectives that it meets. pic.twitter.com/LYc2Zm277C — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 30, 2019 IMHO @NASA needs to explain in simple sentences why America needs to go back to the Moon. They've yet to make that first step […]

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  • May 30, 2019
Ignoring The Artemis Generation
Ignoring The Artemis Generation

NASA: Sustained presence on the moon will be a good investment, OpEd, Janet L. Kavandi, USA Today “The Artemis Generation changes that. Our nation must take the next giant leap so long promised. As a female astronaut, I followed pioneers like Sally Ride to space and helped solidify their gains. Women’s next frontier will be the moon. Nothing will inspire the next generation more than a sustained presence on the […]

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  • May 30, 2019
GAO Report Cites Major NASA Project Delays
GAO Report Cites Major NASA Project Delays

GAO Report to Congress: NASA Assessments of Major Projects “The cost and schedule performance of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) portfolio of major projects continues to deteriorate. For this review, cost growth was 27.6 percent over the baselines and the average launch delay was approximately 13 months, the largest schedule delay since GAO began annual reporting on NASA’s major projects in 2009. This deterioration in cost and schedule […]

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  • May 30, 2019
Taking an Anti-Moon 2024 Position While Pretending Not To
Taking an Anti-Moon 2024 Position While Pretending Not To

Moon 2024?, American Astronomical Society “We have decided against taking an official position on NASA’s Artemis proposal at this time. It is still very early, and we do not think that the benefits of public opposition to an ill-defined and untested proposal outweigh the use of political capital, at least not yet. We are clearly opposed to the Pell Grant offset on principle, and we have serious concerns about the […]

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  • May 30, 2019
Imprisoned NASA Employee Serkan Golge Released By Turkey
Imprisoned NASA Employee Serkan Golge Released By Turkey

Turkish-American NASA scientist released from Turkish prison, AP “Serkan Golge, a Turkish-American scientist imprisoned in Turkey for nearly three years, has been released. Morgan Ortagus, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman, welcomed the decision but declined to discuss why he was released. However, she told reporters Wednesday it was the “right thing to do.” Golge was on a family visit in southern Turkey when he was arrested in the aftermath of […]

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  • May 29, 2019
OIG Report on NASA Europa Missions
OIG Report on NASA Europa Missions

NASA OIG Audit: Management Of NASA’s Europa Mission “Despite robust early-stage funding, a series of significant developmental and personnel resource challenges place the Clipper’s current mission cost estimates and planned 2023 target launch at risk. Specifically, NASA’s aggressive development schedule, a stringent conflict of interest process during instrument selection, and an insufficient evaluation of cost and schedule estimates has increased project integration challenges and led the Agency to accept instrument […]

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  • May 29, 2019