Crash kills cyclist on training ride, Houston Chronicle“A 39-year-old NASA engineer was killed Saturday while leading members of the Pearland Cycling Club on a training ride for the MS 150 […]
2006
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NASA's Real Right Stuff
NASA’s Real Right Stuff – A Review of “Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut” by Mike Mullane, SpaceRef“I can’t say that I have read every astronaut […]
Posted inExploration
Centennial Challenges Prize Competitions
NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program Seeks Input On New Prize Competitions“NASA’s Centennial Challenges Program released today draft rules for six new prize competitions. NASA is seeking external comments and collaborating organizations […]
Posted inCommercialization
SpaceX Launch Status
Falcon 1 Maiden Flight Update: February 6, 2006“If no flight critical anomalies are detected,launch will take place on Friday, February 10.The launch window on Friday is 1- 7 p.m. (California […]
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JPL Personnel Update
Reader note: “In his “All Hands” meeting today, Dr. Elachi told us that the number of employees had declined from 5,400 to 4,975 as a result of the RIF. There […]
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Workforce Impacts of FY 2007 Budget
NASA Glenn to lose 300 jobs by the end of 2007, Cleveland Plain Dealer“Glenn’s work force, packed with highly educated scientists and engineers, would slip to about 1,700 by the […]
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Substantial NSF Budget Boost
Request for National Science Foundation Fiscal Year 2007 Is $6.02 Billion, NSF“The President’s budget for fiscal year 2007 requests $6.02 billion for the National Science Foundation–an increase of $439 million […]
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The White House's Increasingly Nearsighted "Vision"
Canceling NASA’s Terrestrial Planet Finder: The White House’s Increasingly Nearsighted “Vision” For Space Exploration, SpaceRef Editor’s note: According to NASA’s FY 2007 budget documentation “The Terrestrial Planet Finding project (TPF) […]
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The Cheerleaders Chime In
NASA budget: Right vector, time for more thrust, Space Foundation“The Vision for Space Exploration and the President’s budget proposal have NASA headed in the right direction. This is the right […]
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Congressional Reaction to FY 2007 Budget
Sen. Mikulski Response to Space Funding in President’s NASA BudgetSen. Hutchison Lauds NASA Funding Levels Included in Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request