NASA Story Ideas – Human Interest, NASA PAODoug Cooke, Deputy Associate Administrator Weekend yachting: Cooke has sailed and designed at the America’s Cup level, travelling all over the world.Cris Guidi, […]
2006
Posted inExploration
Bart Gordon: Moon Base? Great Idea. Now Show Me The Money
We will need specifics to evaluate proposal, editorial by Rep. Bart Gordon” …we will need more specifics from NASA and the president to fully evaluate the current moon base proposal […]
Posted inExploration
NASA Needs To Retune Its Message
NASA’s vision lost on Web generation, AP“NASA’s new vision of sending astronauts back to the moon by 2017 and eventually on to Mars, recent surveys show. Concerned about this lack […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Weight Issues Continue In Ares-1/Orion Program
Marshall engineers set to refine rocket design, Huntsville Times“We aren’t even through with the design yet,” he said. “There’s no vehicle on a launch pad, and I’m confident by the […]
Posted inBudget
Selected Quotes From 2006
AIP FYI #144: Of Note: S&T Policy Quotations of 2006“Yes, there are winners, but also many losers.” – Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Ranking Minority Member on Science Committee on the […]
Posted inExploration
OMB Deputy Director Johnson Thinks NASA's Mission Statements are "Baloney"
Editor’s 18 Dec 2006 note: Based on some comments made recently by OMB Deputy Director Clay Johnson, there is not a lot of enthusiasm for what NASA is doing – […]
Posted inAeronautics
Aeronautics Policy Released While Everyone Is on Vacation
President Bush Signs Executive Order Establishing National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy“President Bush signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the nations first Aeronautics Research and Development Policy. The EO was […]
Posted inNews
Federal Government Closed on Tuesday
President George W. Bush To Close Federal Offices in Tribute to Former President Gerald R. Ford, OPM“By Executive Order of President George W. Bush, all executive departments, independent organizations and […]
Posted inChina
Russia Shuts Off China's Access to Space Tech
Russia Won’t Transfer Space Technology, AP“Anatoly Perminov, chief of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, said Moscow and Beijing would cooperate in robotic missions to the moon. He added, however, that Russia […]
Posted inShuttle News
Discovery Lands In Florida
NASA Space Shuttle Status Report 22 December 2006 – 5 p.m. CST“The crew of Space Shuttle Discovery made it home in time for Christmas, gliding to a perfect landing as […]