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Month: June 2021
A COVID Spinoff And Soft Power Opportunity That NASA Ignores
A COVID Spinoff And Soft Power Opportunity That NASA Ignores

NASA Notice of availability of inventions for licensing: Human-Powered Ventilator “The following application filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office under the Patent Cooperation Treaty is available for licensing: NASA Case No.: MSC-26813-1-PCT, Human-Powered Ventilator. The patent rights in this invention has been assigned to the United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Any prospective license will comply with […]

  • NASA Watch
  • June 30, 2021
Hubble Is Still A Badass Telescope

WRT #Hubble issues: just because there’s little news from @NASA does not mean that all hope is lost. It is an old spacecraft and there are still many options that have yet to be taken. So dial back the gossip and cross your fingers. Hubble is still a badass telescope. #astronomy pic.twitter.com/aAZc83C7Yf — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 29, 2021

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  • June 30, 2021
JSC And KSC Center Directors Named
JSC And KSC Center Directors Named

NASA Administrator Names Johnson and Kennedy Center Directors “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has named Vanessa Wyche director of the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and Janet Petro director of Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Wyche has served as the acting director of Johnson since May 3 and Petro has served as the acting director of Kennedy since May 17.”

  • NASA Watch
  • June 30, 2021
NASA People REALLY Like To Work At NASA
NASA People REALLY Like To Work At NASA

NASA Named Best Place to Work, No. 1 for COVID-19 Response “For the ninth consecutive year, the Partnership for Public Service has ranked NASA as the Best Place to Work in the Federal Government among large agencies and, new for 2020, has also ranked NASA No. 1 among large agencies for its response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The rankings, announced Tuesday, reflect NASA’s focus and dedication as it pursues […]

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  • June 29, 2021
NASA Usually Ignores Whatever GAO Asks Them To Fix
NASA Usually Ignores Whatever GAO Asks Them To Fix

GAO: Priority Open Recommendations: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, GAO “In April 2020, GAO identified 12 priority recommendations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Since then, NASA has implemented one of those recommendations when it calculated the Space Launch System program’s developmental cost growth using a baseline adjusted to reflect the scope of work planned for its first mission. GAO also closed two recommendations as not implemented. Since […]

  • NASA Watch
  • June 28, 2021
Bill Nelson Talks About The SETI Program That NASA Does Not Have
Bill Nelson Talks About The SETI Program That NASA Does Not Have

Keith’s note: Bill Nelson was on CNN just before 8:00 pm EDT Sunday night to talk about the UAP/UFO report released by the Pentagon Friday evening. Nelson said “I have seen the unclassified and classified version of the report. It says what we thought. We do not know what the answer is to what those navy pilots saw. I have asked our scientists if there is any kind of explanation. […]

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  • June 27, 2021
That UAP/UFO Report Is Out. No Aliens. Yawn.
That UAP/UFO Report Is Out. No Aliens. Yawn.

Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, DNI “The UAP documented in this limited dataset demonstrate an array of aerial behaviors, reinforcing the possibility there are multiple types of UAP requiring different explanations. Our analysis of the data supports the construct that if and when individual UAP incidents are resolved they will fall into one of five potential explanatory categories: airborne clutter, natural atmospheric phenomena, USG or industry developmental programs, foreign adversary […]

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  • June 25, 2021
Drones On Mars: How NASA Can Reach Underserved American Communities
Drones On Mars: How NASA Can Reach Underserved American Communities

Keith’s note: On Wednesday I listened to Administrator Bill Nelson testify before a Congressional Committee. During the course of the hearing every single member chimed in about the importance of NASA to their state (and vice versa) and twisted Nelson’s arm for a site visit. As the hearing wore on it was obvious that this was all transactional – they people who give things to NASA want things from NASA. […]

  • NASA Watch
  • June 24, 2021
NASA Advised To Rethink Astronaut Radiation Exposure Limits
NASA Advised To Rethink Astronaut Radiation Exposure Limits

Report: NASA Should Update Astronaut Radiation Exposure Limits, Improve Communication of Cancer Risks “The report recommends that NASA proceed with its proposed single standard dose limit for all astronauts, which is based on “risk of exposure-induced death” (REID) calculations for a 35-year-old female (who is considered most susceptible to radiation-induced cancer risk). Currently, men and women astronauts have different allowable doses of radiation, based on their reported relative susceptibilities to […]

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  • June 24, 2021