At today's swearing in of new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Gen Mark Milley, President Trump praises outgoing CJCS Gen Joe Dunford including re Space Force. pic.twitter.com/kRfJZfo8CF — Marcia Smith (@SpcPlcyOnline) September 30, 2019
Personnel and Organizational Announcements, NASA JPL “I am very pleased to inform you that Bobby Braun will be joining the Laboratory Executive leadership team effective January 15, 2020 in this capacity. … Due to the increasingly integrated nature of NASA’s Planetary program, and to Bobby’s long experience with the Mars Program, we will conduct a study this fall to merge significant portions of the existing Mars Exploration Directorate (6X) into […]
Do not miss @RachCrane‘s amazing interview with Elon Musk about Starship. Come for the valuable insight into SpaceX’s priorities and plans for delivering on big promises. Stay for the memeable moments. https://t.co/mnlCUPnggv pic.twitter.com/PAsRctzEEN — Jackie Wattles (@jackiewattles) September 29, 2019
Question about @JimBridenstine's tweet last night @ElonMusk our resources are overwelmingly on Falcon and Dragon. Starship is less than 5% of the company". — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 29, 2019 Meanwhile @JimBridenstine the NASA-managed @NASA_SLS built by @BoeingSpace is years behind schedule, billions over budget, and is still years away from flying. Maybe the #SLS folks could learn a little something from that @SpaceX enthusiasm. Just sayin' https://t.co/BtWMRkbmzC — NASA […]
AIAA Memo Regarding Diversity, AIAA “Increasing the diversity of the aerospace community and the future workforce has been–and continues to be–a mission priority for AIAA. We’ve been seeing improvements in recent years, especially through the hard work of our dedicated AIAA Diversity Working Group. This year all 10 of the 2019 AIAA graduate awards were presented to highly qualified students, all male. These were the most qualified students based on […]
The @SpaceX Starship appeared In months and will fly in weeks. @NASA_SLS took a decade to design and build and still won't fly for years. https://t.co/vvaptmTwVB — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 26, 2019
Rocket scientists mourn end of Redstone Arsenal’s RSIC library, AL.com “The Army is closing what its supporters say is one of the world’s great rocket science libraries in Alabama next week, and veterans of America’s space program are angry. … The decision to close was made early this year and posted on the aerospace blog Spaceref. But it is not believed widely known in Huntsville, where more than a few […]
Keith’s note: I got this response from NASA GSFC PAO with regard to my initial posting last night. This is what happens when a biologist (me) thinks they are a know-it-all. I stand thoroughly corrected. My initial post follows below this correction. Hi, Keith. You write: “Anyone who saw the film Interstellar would recognize the similarity between the NASA and film images of a black hole. Oddly there is no […]
Keith’s update: Three days ago I asked NASA PAO these questions. “1. Why was this paper posted on NTRS, a publicly accessible NASA website and then taken offline? Will it be reposted? 2. Who is funding this research? NASA? A private company (if so who)? Both? How much has NASA spent on this project? How much have commercial parters spent on this project? Is the project ongoing or has it […]
Senate Appropriators Propose $22.75 Billion for NASA in FY2020, Some Extra for Artemis, Space Policy Online “The Senate Appropriations Committee began marking up its version of the FY2020 Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bill that funds NASA today. The eagerly anticipated action is seen as a bellwether of Senate support for NASA’s Artemis program to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024. The results appear mixed, with some but not all of […]