NASA Looks to the Future With Eye on the Past, Washington Post“But Wes Huntress, a former NASA associate administrator and ex-member of the NASA science advisory board, said that ever […]
2006
Posted inSLS and Orion
GRC Gets Busy on the CLV
Ares I boosts NASA Glenn, Cleveland Plain Dealer“The completion of a prototype tuna can at Glenn in mid-October – with production models to come next year – is an early […]
Posted inCongress
A Familiar Face on The House Science Committee?
Sensenbrenner seeks top spot on Science Committee, AP“Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner will seek the top Republican spot on the House Science Committee, after GOP leaders told him term limits would prevent […]
Posted inExploration
This Really Should Happen
Stephen Hawking In Space, MSNBC“British billionaire Richard Branson says he’s sending over a medical officer to talk with physicist Stephen Hawking about getting him into space. That’s how the founder […]
Posted inExploration
Here Come The Orbital Battle Stations
Star Wars Redux: Democrats to Gut Missile Defense/Bush To Announce “Orbital Battle Station”, Pajamas Media“By Taylor Dinerman – Democratic leaders are poised to gut America’s missile defense – at the […]
Posted inExploration
The True Face of Exploration
Continuing the Voyage: The Spirit of Endeavour – Remarks to The Royal Society of the United Kingdom by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin“Some of these lessons are in evidence in my […]
Posted inCommercialization
ULA Is Born
Boeing and Lockheed Martin Complete United Launch Alliance Transaction“The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that they have completed the transaction combining their expendable launch vehicle businesses, forming […]
Posted inShuttle News
Another Billion for USA
Space Shuttle and Space Station Operations Support and Shuttle and Station Related Constellation Program Effort – Letter Contract“Contract Award Amount: NTE1131000000 [Not to exceed $ 1,131,000,000]Contractor: United Space Alliance”
Posted inAstrobiology
Another Reason Not To Cut Astrobiology
NASA Scientists Find Primordial Organic Matter in Tagish Lake Meteorite“Organic matter in meteorites is a subject of intense interest because this material formed at the dawn of the Solar System […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Looking Over Opportunity's Shoulder on Mars
HiRISE Team Begins Releasing a Flood of Mars Images“The University of Arizona-based team that operates the high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, in conjunction with NASA, is releasing the […]