Planetary Society Charges Administration with Blurring its Vision for Space Exploration“The NASA Budget released today shortchanges space science in order to fund 17 projected space shuttle flights. Despite recent spectacular […]
2006
Posted inPersonnel News
ARC Transtion Update
Newsmakers, Science“[NASA Administrator] Michael Griffin and I talked before the holidays and agreed that he should have the ability to pick a center director of his own choosing,” says Hubbard, […]
Posted inCommercialization
Red Planet Capital
NASA Request for Information: Venture Capital Project (“Red Planet Capital”)“… Several federal agencies have already established programs that address these challenges through venture funds. For example, the CIA and Army/SoCom […]
Posted inBudget
The NASA FY 2007 Budget
NASA’s New Budget: Treading Water, SpaceRef“Today, NASA will unveil the Fiscal Year 2007 budget request that the White House will be submitting to Congress. While NASA will get an increase […]
Posted inCommercialization
Kicking The Launch Paradigm
A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before, NY Times“Ask Elon Musk what he wants to do with his life after having amassed a $300 million fortune from […]
Posted inAstronauts, Book Reviews, News
NASAâs Real Right Stuff â A Review of âRiding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronautâ by Mike Mullane
I donâtâ have much time to review books these days. I feel honor bound to the authors who took the time to write their book to actually read it cover […]
Posted inISS News
Weekly Dual ISS Status Reports
Editor’s note: Once again, like clockwork, NASA has issued two ever-so-slightly different versions of the same space station status report. This week all Harrington and Hartsfield did to warrant a […]
Posted inNews
George Deutsch, Up and Coming PAO Politico
NASA Chief Backs Agency Openness, NY Times“In October, for example, George Deutsch, a presidential appointee in NASA headquarters, told a Web designer working for the agency to add the word […]
Posted inCommercialization
SpaceHab Sues NASA
Spacehab Files Court Complaint for Losses On Space Shuttle Mission“Spacehab announced today that it is filing a civil complaint against NASA with the United States District Court in Houston, Texas […]
Posted inNews
Griffin Addresses Scientific Openness
Has NASA’s press office gone too far?, NatureNASA Internal Memo: Message From the Administrator – Scientific Openness“I want to make sure that NASA employees hear directly from me on how […]