Vice President Mike Pence to Convene Eighth Meeting of the National Space Council “The Eighth Meeting of the National Space Council will take place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 9th, 2020 at 12:30 PM EST. The meeting will be chaired by Vice President Mike Pence. The meeting will be livestreamed here on NASA TV, and additional details will be forthcoming. Following NASA’s COVID-19 response protocols, the […]
I binge watched #Moonbase8 on @Showtime so you don't have to. I've been to Devon Island 3x & #NASA Desert RATS 2x so there's a few chuckles for me. Otherwise: Meh. The basic premise barely lasts 6 episodes. Lots of @NASA logos (old & new) though. @SpaceX episode was the funniest. pic.twitter.com/gmeK4HAdjL — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 29, 2020
#OTD in 2015 @BarackObama signed the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act. The bill boosted the development of the commercial space industry by uniting legislation with breakthrough possibilities in space innovation. pic.twitter.com/pR2Mjvlb7F — Garrett Reisman (@astro_g_dogg) November 25, 2020
FYI Tom Cremins is the #NASA lead for interactions with the Biden Transition Team. Tom has done this before and always does a good job. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 24, 2020
Lucas Warns of Risk Posed by Chinese Launch to the Moon, Rep. Lucas “The launch of Chang’e-5 is a significant step by China towards their goal of establishing a long-term presence on the Moon. The nation that leads in space will dictate the rules of the road for future technological development and exploration, and the influence of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the CCP’s space program makes China a […]
Keith’s note: China has launched its Change’e-5 mission to return samples from the Moon. The launch aboard a Long March 5 rocket went off as planned and the spacecraft is now on its way out of Earth orbit and heading toward the Moon. Change’e-5 will land on 27 November, drill 2 meters into the lunar surface, and collect 2 kg of samples for return to Earth. The landing site is […]
Keith’s note: Do a Google search for “NASA search engine“. The first search result that comes up is NASA Multimedia Search last updated on 26 February 2006. The second result that comes up is Tools for searching last updated on 21 July 2005. Look on the left hand side of either page. Click on simple search, category search, or Advanced search and you get “404 The cosmic object you are […]
Keith’s note: Here we go again. Its presidential transition team season and all the space fans are lining up trying to get their ideas in front of the new Administration. As is usually the case someone starts a white paper and looks for supporters who invariably start to edit and nick pick and add wish lists. Space organizations such as the Space Foundation, the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration, the […]
Keith’s note: I was hoping to ask a space biology question to one of the ISS crew today. So, a few days ago I called the number listed in the NASA media release to get on the list but it kept giving me a “this number has been disconnected” message. So I sent an email to NASA PAO. They said that JSC PAO would send me the dial-in information for […]
NSF begins planning for decommissioning of Arecibo Observatory’s 305-meter telescope due to safety concerns “Following a review of engineering assessments that found damage to the Arecibo Observatory cannot be stabilized without risk to construction workers and staff at the facility, the U.S. National Science Foundation will begin plans to decommission the 305-meter telescope, which for 57 years has served as a world-class resource for radio astronomy, planetary, solar system and […]