Hawking’s cosmological riff, CNet“When asked about his thoughts on President Bush’s proposal to put a man on Mars within 10 years, [Stephen] Hawking simply replied: “Stupid.”
2005
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Russia: NASA Has Placed Soyuz/Progress Orders
NASA to buy 4 spacecraft in Russia, RIA Novosti“NASA is planning to order two Soyuz manned spacecraft and two Progress cargo ships from the Russian Federal Space Agency on a […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Yet Another Mission Sacrificed for VSE?
NASA downsizes, slows Dawn mission to near halt, Pasadena Star News“Chris Russell, the mission’s principal investigator and a professor of geophysics at UCLA, said he was shocked by NASA’s recent […]
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Senate Endorses Closer NASA/DoD Cooperation
Senator Hutchison Amendment Encouraging More Cooperation between DOD and NASA Approved by Senate“Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science and Space, today cosponsored an […]
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House Passes NASA Budget
Editor’s update: HR 2862 passed the House on Wednesday by a vote of 397 – 19 (Roll no. 581). Editor’s 9 Nov Note: The House is scheduled to take up […]
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Senate Passes INA Amendments
NASA Administrator Griffin’s Statement on Cooperation With RussiaS.1713 : An Act to make amendments to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 related to International Space Station payments, and for other […]
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Conference Report Highlights
NASA Excerpts from Conference Report on H.R. 2862, Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agenices Approp Act 2006“The conferees are extremely disappointed in the lack of detail provided in the […]
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Space Pork
NASA Internal Memo: Enterprise Council (EC) ViTS 19 April 2005“If earmarks from the Hill are legislated, we will release the money as soon as possible. He hates earmarks. We need […]
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Congress to NASA: We Want a Plan Before You RIF
NASA Excerpts from Conference Report on H.R. 2862, Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agenices Approp Act 2006“The conferees note that NASA has, in the past few months, used its […]
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MSFC Buyout Update
NASA MSFC Internal Memo: Opportunity for Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay (Buyout)“Marshall Space Flight Center is pleased to be able to offer to its civil service employees a buyout opportunity worth […]