12 December 2004: Amid the house cleaning, NASA needs a sweep-out, OpEd, Cragg Hines, Houston Chronicle“Why all the balletic avoidance of a central implication in the independent study on how […]
2004
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This Week's British Exaggeration
11 December 2004: So who ate all the pies in space?, Times Online“An emergency Christmas Day delivery is planned by rocket to restock the dwindling larder of Salizhan Sharipov and […]
Posted inCommercialization
Delta IV Heavy Launch Delayed
Delta IV Heavy Demonstration Launch Live Webcast, Boeing“Join us December 12, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. EST as our live webcast coverage begins. The launch will take place from Cape Canaveral […]
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Just what *IS* an "Essential publication"?
7 December 2004: NASA Internal Memo: Immediate Freeze on All Nonessential Publications and Materials, NASA HQ“We have taken a macro look at many of our most frequently distributed communications material. […]
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No Snacks in Space
With Food Running Low, Space Crew Must Cut Back, NY Times“The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been asked to curb their calories because of a food shortage, […]
Posted inExploration
Wanted: Advisory Committee Members
Editor’s note: The following notices appeared in the Federal Register the other day. Now all NASA has to do is explain to everyone how this swarm of new advisory committees […]
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CEV Specs
9 December 2004: Crew Exploration Vehicle Request for Proposal Statement of Work,NASA“The draft Statement of Work (SOW) for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) system summarizes the work required for the […]
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H.R. 5382 Passes Senate
Editor’s note:H.R. 5382, “The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act”, was passed by the Senate this evening by unanimous consent.
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NASA JPL Mourns
8 December 2004: JPL Community Mourns Loss of Three Colleagues, NASA JPL“The Laboratory is mourning the loss of Dorothy Forks, an employee in JPL’s Human Resources Department; Jane Galloway, a […]
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NAS Tells NASA to Send Shuttle to Hubble
8 December 2004: Space Shuttle Should Conduct Final Servicing Mission To Hubble Space Telescope, NAS“To ensure continuation of the extraordinary scientific output of the Hubble Space Telescope and to prepare […]