Space Force Will Eventually Put Troops in Orbit, Ops Boss Says, Air Force Magazine “Military troops in the Space Force will someday deploy to orbit, one of the service’s top operations officials said Sept. 29. “At some point, yes, we will be putting humans into space,” Maj. Gen. John E. Shaw, head of the Space Force’s Space Operations Command and part of U.S. Space Command leadership, said during a conference […]
ICYMI NASA has 2 centers in Virginia – @NASA_Langley & @NASA_Wallops – & @NASA HQ, GSFC, IV&V employees (contractor & civil servants) live/work in VA. Why don't you promote the new #NASA Economic report citing 27,097 full/part time jobs & billions in funding that VA gets? pic.twitter.com/MfH8QI7NzM — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 30, 2020 Strange: @NASA_Marshall crows about this small business award on their home page but can't be bothered […]
Trump White House recruited climate science critics to work at NOAA, Science “At least three prominent researchers who question the severity of climate change rebuffed the opportunity to take a senior position at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The White House has been quietly working in recent weeks to reshape the leadership of NOAA with a goal of criticizing climate science, according to people who were contacted […]
if you go to the @NASAGoddard home page they make no mention of the @NASA Economic Impact report or this event with @JimBridenstine and @VanHollenForMD – apparently this is not interesting enough for GSFC to tell their stakeholders about. https://t.co/5QhZZL35Da — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 29, 2020 Guess what @jmorhard – @NASAglenn makes no mention of the @NASA economic impact report on their website. It must not be very interesting […]
ICYMI @NASA economic report story (https://t.co/moOAj61oSC) has pic of @NASDAQ display thanking #NASA for "opening space to a commercial economy". One problem: image is from unrelated 2019 ISS event (https://t.co/56H6XLtut2). #NASDAQ has made no mention of this new @NASA report. pic.twitter.com/SXUCP3zDE2 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 28, 2020
Economic development projects to bring 510 new jobs to Huntsville area, Made in Alabama (Alabama Department of Commerce) “The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber today announced that new economic development projects will bring 510 new jobs and more than $71 million in investment to the community.” Keith’s 27 Sep 10:54 am EDT note: This release was issued on 25 September 2020 – the same day as the NASA economic Report came out. […]
Keith’s note: NASA put out an “Economic Impact Study” today. Not much thought was put into making the most of this report given that it was issued at 7:00 am on a Friday. So NASA will get one day of media bounce before a weekend at a time when news recycles every 17 minutes. Bad rollout planning aside, the report is quite useful and contains some very important information that […]
NASA Report Details How Agency Significantly Benefits US Economy “NASA released Friday the results of its first-ever agencywide economic impact report. The report shows that, through all NASA activities, the agency generated more than $64.3 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2019, supported more than 312,000 jobs nationwide, and generated an estimated $7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes throughout the United States.” This is an important […]
NAS and NAM Presidents Alarmed By Political Interference in Science Amid Pandemic “As advisers to the nation on all matters of science, medicine, and public health, we are compelled to underscore the value of science-based decision-making at all levels of government. Our nation is at a critical time in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic with important decisions ahead of us, especially concerning the efficacy and safety of vaccines. Policymaking […]
80-billion-yen budget request in the works for lunar probe, Ashai Shimbun “The science and technology ministry’s budget request for the next fiscal year will include an ask for some 80 billion yen ($760 million) to develop key equipment for a U.S.-led, manned lunar exploration mission. The ministry, which also oversees sports, culture and education, is aiming to accelerate the development of a new unmanned supply spacecraft, a life-support machine and […]