Final Memorandum, COVID-19 Impacts on NASA’s Major Programs and Projects (IG-21-016; A-20-010-00), NASA OIG “A top-line estimate of the cost for these delays and challenges across NASA is estimated to be nearly $3 billion. However, NASA will not be able to quantify the complete impact of the pandemic on its programs and projects until after the COVID-19 emergency has subsided. This memorandum presents a snapshot of the reported estimated impacts […]
Keith’s note: OK so … NASA Legislative Affairs is paying attention 😉 ???? Ready to help build back better! https://t.co/T5SxIHIK8x — Alicia Brown (@AliciaNBrown) March 31, 2021 Biden: “They ask what do we get out of it? Well, they said the same thing when we first went into space. They said the same thing. Pushing the frontiers lead to big benefits back home. When NASA created Apollo’s digital flight system, […]
Keith’s note: During the daily White House press briefing today space made the news again: Kristin Fisher (Fox): “You know the Biden administration – they just announced its intention to retain the National Space Council – and this is on top of the White House voicing its support for the Space Force and NASA’s Artemis program. I mean – these are three programs or policies that President Trump and the […]
Keith’s note: By now you must be bored with my daily critique of how NASA organizes and presents itself to the public, policy makers, news media, and the rest of the world – especially when it comes to education. (see Fixing Education And Outreach At NASA. Part 1: STEM Engagement Office) To virtually everyone, everywhere, NASA.gov online resources are how people learn what NASA does – and where they go […]
Final view of SN11 in the air: ??https://t.co/Q2p3q1HS0i pic.twitter.com/PNJta9svkA — Chris B – NSF (@NASASpaceflight) March 30, 2021
Woman In Motion, Star Trek And The Remaking Of NASA – A Review, SpaceRef “You know that you have been involved with something beyond living memory when you find yourself telling stories of things that affected the world today to people who never knew how things came to be. That is at the core of “Woman in Motion” – a documentary about the life of actress and activist Nichelle Nichols. […]
Keith’s note: According to James Miller at NASA who emailed “NASA Internal Memo: National Space Council UAG Update from Chair, ADM Jim Ellis” to lots of the usual suspects within the DC space wonk choir, the National Space Council (NSpC) and its Users Advisory Group (UAG) are still alive and active (surprise) with all of their Trump-nominated members: “… our UAG executive Committee (ExCom) has continued to meet on a […]
Keith’s note: The usual suspects are telling me that the Biden Administration has decided to keep the National Space Council (NSpC). As to what its real role will be is still TBD. These same usual suspects also wanted to keep the Trump space advisory status quo in place – specifically the NSpC. They even sent the Biden White House a letter saying so (see “Big Aerospace Wants Biden To Keep […]
NASA Internal Memo: National Space Council UAG Update from Chair, ADM Jim Ellis, UAG “As you can see from the Transition Summary, activities of the UAG encompassed a broad range of space and space-related activities, bringing together broad representation from associations, manufacturers, educators, national security experts, and policy makers. Some of our efforts were directed at issues in direct support of NSpC activities; others were self-generated and represented original concepts, […]
Keith’s note: You may have noticed that I am doing a global critique of NASA’s education and public outreach activities. The prime public face that NASA outs forth – the way it explains itself to the public – are its websites and social media. NASA lives to brag about the sheer size of what they do online – which is easily the most diverse and pervasive of any American government […]