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NASA OIG Does Cleanup On All The Artemis Changes
Keith’s note: NASA OIG just issued an interim memo NASA’s Management of Programs and Projects after Mission Termination—Canceled or Repurposed Artemis Campaign Systems. No formal findings / recommendations since the Ignition and other efforts to rescope the Artemis Program have changed everything around. A few highlights:
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That Private Astrobiology Mission NASA Ignores
Keith’s note: Last week NASA announced a Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science. Some of…
Todd Halvorson
Keith’s note: This was just posted on Facebook by Tim Gagnon “Saddened to learn of…
How To Actually Build Your Own Working Tricorder
Keith’s note: Hamzah Abugosh has built a functional tricorder. I share the same fascination he…
Isaac Hollingsworth Needs Your Help
Keith’s note: Another heads up NASA Family: Isaac Hollingsworth, a Geospatial Scientist at NASA Johnson…
GAO Report On Space Station Replacement
Keith’s note: GAO has issued a report regarding the process whereby NASA is replacing the…
MEPAG Memo On NASA Mars Exploration Program Budget
Keith’s note: the following memo was distributed by NASA Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG)…
No More Woke Science Wanted At NASA
Keith’s note: NASA put out Amendment 59: Several Updates to the ROSES-25 Summary of Solicitation.…
Chase Gibson At NASA JSC Needs Your Help
Keith’s note: Heads Up NASA Family: “I hope this message finds you well. This summer, a lightning strike hit my home, leaving me without my belongings, just before Father’s Day—a day I always cherish, thanks to my daughter Emmarie. While I am heartbroken over the loss of many cherished items…
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Exploration
Let’s Stop Going In Circles And Go Somewhere Once Again
Once upon a time humans took short trips to the Moon. Then we stopped. Now we are going back – to stay. The prospect of an actual Moon base wherein we live and work offworld utterly fascinates me. It has for more than 50 years. Now we’re actually going to do it. How we do…
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Schedule F Has Arrived
Keith’s note: a modified version of the long-feared ‘Schedule F’ has arrived albeit in a somewhat truncated form. Thousands of career civil service positions are now political positions subject to new rules including greatly enhanced ease of quick dismissal. Curiously there has been no public mention of this dramatic personnel overhaul by NASA. (earlier posts).
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NASAWatch.com Website Upgrade Underway
Keith’s note: Over the next several weeks we will be rolling out a revised and enhanced version of NASAWatch. We’ll be seeking comments on changes…
Astrobiology.com Website Upgrade Underway
Keith’s note: Over the next several weeks we will be rolling out a revised and enhanced version of Astrobiology.com. It will take us a bit…
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…
International space station
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…
ISS Leak Forces Temporary Safe Haven Procedures
Keith’s note: According to NASA PAO “Roscosmos has paused Friday’s structural repair efforts inside the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, as more…
NASAWatch on CGTN: Shenzhou 23 and Artemis Accords
Keith’s note: I was just on CGTN to talk about the launch of Shenzhou 23 and China’s longer term space ambitions. And I managed to…
TECHNOLOGY
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…
National Initiative For American Space Nuclear Power
Keith’s note: According to a memo from OSTP: “President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14369, “Ensuring American Space Superiority” (December 18, 2025), established the bold and…