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OIG Report: Workforce and Budget Threats Loom
Keith’s note: GAO issued NASA: Assessments of Major Projects. Artemis are doing better but personnel layoffs and budget cuts pose a threat. What GAO Found Most of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) major projects in development reported no schedule delays or cost overruns in the last year. These projects are in the phase…
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Budget Cuts? No: Its A Golden Age Of Science
Keith’s note: this OSTP report “Science A New Golden Age” just dropped online around 7:00…
Transcript: Astronauts for America Event At The California Science Center
Keith’s note: this combination of auto-generated text proofed and corrected by an actual human at…
Astronauts For America ‘Vote for Freedom’ College Tour (Video Update)
Keith’s note: yesterday Astronauts For America Announces announced a college tour to encourage youth voter…
Congress
Astronauts For America Vote For Freedom Campaign
Keith’s note: Video to follow: From astronautsforamerica.org “Today, on the anniversary of humanity’s first Moon…
House Dems Respond to OMB Draft Grant Guidance
Keith’s Note: according to a press release/letter “Today, Science Democrats submitted a public comment to…
Astronauts For America “Vote for Freedom” Campaign
Keith’s note: according to AFA: “Astronauts For America (AFA) [astronautsforamerica.org] will host a launch event…
Changes To NASA’s Performance Ratings
Keith’s note: this memo : “Strengthening How We Recognize, Reward, Inspire NASA’s General Schedule (GS) Workforce” was sent out by Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson on 7 July 2026. FWIW while OPM asked for agencies to sync their performance calendars to the government’s fiscal year, it would seem that NASA is…
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Exploration
NASA Takes The Stage
Keith’s note: During the President’s speech last night the Artemis II crew and Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt came on stage and were given the next flag to fly on the Moon. Jared Isaacman got a shout out for doing a great job running NASA. NASA got a lot of attention – which is good.…
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Is NASA Force Going To Be Boring?
Keith’s note: Hey OPM: The people behind all these US TechForce graphics have a dark. gloomy hacker mindset. NASA is different. Be like NASA. Just sayin’.
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ARTEMIS
Sonny Morea
Keith’s note: Saverio “Sonny” Francis Morea has died. (Obituary). He was truly one of the few remaining Apollo legends. Ad Astra Sonny. “Sonny was an…
NASA’s Flight Experience Awards
Keith’s note: Several more NASA employees were recognized as part of Jared Isaacman’s Flight Experience Award program. The ride-along flight experience award program highlights NASA’s…
NASA’s Role In Space Exploration: Rivals – But No Equal
Keith’s note: On the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, our role in space exploration has rivals – but no equal. NASA…
International space station
OIG Has Issues With Commercial Crew
Keith’s note: The NASA OIG has issued a report on Management of Commercial Crew – and they are concerned with a lot of things. Summary…
GAO Report On Space Station Replacement
Keith’s note: GAO has issued a report regarding the process whereby NASA is replacing the International Space Station with a commercial option. IMHO this report…
ISS Leak Update
Keith’s note: NASA PAO has provided this update on the ISS Leak situation: “The Zvezda service module’s transfer tunnel, known as the PrK, on the…
TECHNOLOGY
NAS Review Of NASA SBIR and STTR Programs
Keith’s note: The National Academies has issued “Review of the SBIR and STTR Programs at NASA”. In a nutshell the NAS likes NASA’s SBIR and…
Congress Pushes Back on National Science Board Firings
Keith’s note: The recent firing of the entire National Science Board by the White House is not going down well in Congress. While the immediate…
The Entire National Science Board Has Been Fired
Keith’s note: According to the Washington Post: “Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the…