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Traffic Problems In The Air And In Space
Traffic Problems In The Air And In Space

Keith’s note: In case you have not noticed – the “other” A’ in NASA was in the news this morning – Aeronautics – specifically FAA’s NOTAM system which broke. Every plane was grounded for a while. Things are getting back to normal albeit slowly. I was on Alhurra TV to talk about this – and managed to get a mention in about space traffic and how the complexity of the terrestrial air travel system should be a precautionary lesson as we look to set up a system to monitor the ever-growing amount of space traffic. Audio

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  • NASA Watch
  • January 11, 2023
Biden Gives Yet Another Shout Out To Aeronautics And Space

Moments ago: @POTUS #JoeBiden addressing troops in the UK: "There is nothing that our nation cannot do if we do it together. We are the nation that cracked the physics of flight, broke the sound barrier, put a man on the Moon, and then flew a helicopter on Mars." #ScienceIsBack pic.twitter.com/JYtSf0tlaA — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) June 9, 2021

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  • June 9, 2021
NASA's Own Search Engine Cannot Find Its Important Stuff

If you use the search engine at https://t.co/XMMHKxgwON to find "astrobiology" the top link is a post from 2003. The actual official main link for @NASA's Astrobiology program is https://t.co/igd6rpgpkl Can't find it in the search results. But Google finds it. #astrobiology #NASA pic.twitter.com/Jsu74XtDPW — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 25, 2021 Keith’s note: Earlier this week I pointed out that a search for “education” on the NASA.gov website did not […]

  • NASA Watch
  • March 25, 2021
NASA Education Office Ignores Aeronautics And Mars Helicopters
NASA Education Office Ignores Aeronautics And Mars Helicopters

Keith’s note: Take a look at the NASA Advisory Council STEM Engagement Committee. The page has lots of meeting agendas but no one seems to have taken any notes at the meetings in 2020. The October 2019 meeting minutes has a few strange entries. This one stands out: “Mr. Dan Dumbacher noted that the five Sphere 1 activities did not include Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate content. Ms. Brown noted no […]

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  • March 22, 2021
Boeing Admits To Fraud And Conspiracy in $2.5 Billion 737 Settlement
Boeing Admits To Fraud And Conspiracy in $2.5 Billion 737 Settlement

Boeing Charged with 737 Max Fraud Conspiracy and Agrees to Pay over $2.5 Billion, Department of Justice “The Boeing Company (Boeing) has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) in connection with the FAA AEG’s evaluation of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane. Boeing, a U.S.-based multinational corporation that designs, […]

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  • January 7, 2021
Robert Pearce Is The New NASA Aeronautics AA
Robert Pearce Is The New NASA Aeronautics AA

NASA Administrator Names Robert Pearce Head of Agency Aeronautics “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Robert Pearce as the next associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). Pearce replaces Jaiwon Shin, who retired from the agency on Aug. 31. “Bob is a visionary leader with a deep understanding of the current and future aeronautics environment,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. “He’ll do a great job directing NASA in […]

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  • December 10, 2019
Wright Brothers X 2

On this date in 1903, Orville Wright made the first powered airplane flight. @xkcdComic puts it into perspective! pic.twitter.com/1SzEQ8Pg4R — Seattle Astronomy (@SeattleAstro) December 17, 2018

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  • December 17, 2018
National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex Suffers Significant Damage
National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex Suffers Significant Damage

NASA ARC Internal Memo: National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) Incident “Last Friday evening at about 6 p.m., the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) suffered significant damage when debris passed through the drive system during a test. There were no injuries, but the facility will require extensive repairs. The NFAC is leased and operated by the US Air Force, and we are coordinating closely with them in all aspects of the […]

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  • June 13, 2017
Another Aviation Safety Report NASA Won't Release
Another Aviation Safety Report NASA Won't Release

FAA hid study showing chronic air controller fatigue, CBS “The study is composed of a survey of 3,268 controllers about their work schedules and sleep habits, and a field study that monitored the sleep and the mental alertness of more than 200 controllers at 30 air traffic facilities. NASA produced the study at the FAA’s request. J.D. Harrington, a NASA spokesman, also declined to release the study, saying in an […]

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  • August 10, 2015
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Turns 100
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Turns 100

Celebrate the Centennial of NASA’s Predecessor: The NACA “Today marks a special anniversary for the NASA family. It was 100 years ago, on March 3, 1915, when Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the organization from which NASA was created in 1958. The NACA was formed because our nation’s leaders were concerned the U.S. was losing its edge in aviation technology to Europe, where World War 1 […]

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  • March 3, 2015
Semi-Secret NASA WB-57 Mission in Africa

Mystery Surrounds NASA’s Secret Mission in Africa, ABC A NASA official recently confirmed that one of the agency’s aircraft had been spotted on an American military airstrip in eastern Africa a few weeks ago, but like a series of U.S. military officials, declined to say what the space agency’s high-tech bird was doing there. “I really can’t give you any of the details,” Jim Alexander, a NASA official with the […]

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  • December 3, 2014
LDSD Testing for Large Payloads to Mars

LDSD Testing for Large Payloads to Mars on Tuesday “To duplicate many of the most important aspects of Mars’ thin atmosphere, NASA plans to use the very thin air found high in Earth’s stratosphere as a test bed for the LDSD mission. NASA has identified six potential launch dates for the balloon carrying LDSD: June 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 14. The June 3 launch window extends from 8 […]

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  • June 2, 2014
OIG Finds that Moffett That Lease Benefitted Taxpayers

Review of Allegations of Improper Leasing and Provision of Aircraft Fuel at Moffett Federal Airfield “The OIG found that consistent with NASA policy Ames based the price of its lease with H211 on the fair market value of comparable hangar space and that, as required, the lease and companion Space Act Agreement supported NASA’s mission. Specifically, since 2009 H211 has flown more than 200 flights to collect climate data at […]

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  • December 11, 2013
New Strategic Vision for Aeronautics Research

NASA Announces New Strategic Vision for Aeronautics Research [Watch], NASA “Nearly every aircraft flying and air traffic management system now in use includes NASA-supported technologies that improve efficiency and safety,” said Bolden. “This new vision will expand on that by fully integrating into aviation advances in other industries and parts of the economy to meet the future demands for global mobility in ways we can only begin to imagine today.” […]

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  • August 14, 2013
NASA Releases Next Commercial Crew Draft RFP

NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Capability Contract CCTCAP Draft RFP, NASA “The CCtCap contract is the second phase of a two-phased procurement strategy to develop a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to achieve safe, reliable and cost effective access to and from the International Space Station (ISS) with a goal of no later than 2017. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. This […]

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  • July 22, 2013
Ariane 6 Next Steps

Ariane 6, ESA “In November 2012, European Ministers responsible for space, meeting in Naples, Italy, approved the start of preparatory activities for Europe’s next-generation Ariane 6 launch vehicle. The objective of Ariane 6 is to maintain guaranteed autonomous access to space for Europe, while minimising exploitation costs and suppressing any support to exploitation.” Baseline configuration selected The selected ‘Multi P linear’ concept is based on a lower ‘composite’ of four […]

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  • July 11, 2013
Hot-Fire Test Includes First Ever 3-D Printed Part

Hot-Fire Tests Steering the Future of NASA’S Space Launch System Engines, NASA “Engineers developing NASA’s next-generation rocket closed one chapter of testing with the completion of a J-2X engine test series on the A-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and will begin a new chapter of full motion testing on test stand A-1. … The March 7 test, which set the short-lived duration record, was […]

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  • June 20, 2013
NASA Forgets To Ask Aeronautics AA About The Budget

NASA Associate Administrator Statements on the Asteroid Initiative in the FY 2014 Budget Request “The following are statements from the associate administrators of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Science Mission Directorate, and Space Technology Mission Directorate on the administration’s budget request for the 2014 fiscal year.” Keith’s note: Apparently the observations of Jaiwon Shin, the Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (about the budget), weren’t deemed […]

  • NASA Watch
  • April 10, 2013