Not really lost in space: the new National Space Policy, The Space Review Editor’s note: Another version of this article, also written by National Academies of Science Studies Board Senior […]
2006
Posted inCommercialization
More News from Bigelow and Lockheed Martin?
Editor’s note: Industry sources note that an announcement from Bigelow Aerospace and Lockheed Martin is forthcoming – perhaps very soon. The new announcement concerns the on-going work that Lockheed Martin […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Big Problems With The Stick
Editor’s note: Sources inside the development of the Ares 1 launch vehicle (aka Crew Launch Vehicle or “The Stick”) have reported that the current design is underpowered to the tune […]
Posted inCongress
First Look at NASA Issues in the New Senate
Florida’s Capitol Hill Democrats ready to wield clout in committees, Palm Beach Post“Nelson, who flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia when he chaired the House subcommittee on space in the […]
Posted inIT/Web
NASA Multimedia News
NASA Schedules First Live HDTV Broadcast From Space“NASA makes history next week with the first live broadcasts from space in HDTV. NASA, in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Mars Global Surveyor Is Not Responding
NASA Loses Contact With Mars Global Surveyor“Engineers are striving to restore full communications with NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor on the 10th anniversary of the spacecraft’s Nov. 7, 1996, launch. On […]
Posted inCulture
Chief of UK's MIB Speaks Out
‘Aliens could attack at any time’ warns former MoD chief, Daily Mail“UFO sightings and alien visitors tend to be solely the reserve of sci-fi movies. So when a former MoD […]
Posted inPolicy
Election Implications For NASA – Part 2
Democrats Take Control of the Senate, AP“Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for […]
Posted inCongress
The Changes That Lie Ahead
Democratic Congress unlikely to cut defense, space, experts say, Huntsville Times“If the Democrats have control of both the House and Senate, said Keith Cowing, a NASA expert who runs NASAWatch.com, […]
Posted inChina
New Space Partnership Forming?
Russia, China Plan Joint Space Projects, AP“We have switched from cooperating on technological elements and devices to developing big scientific projects in space research,” Yuri Nosenko, a deputy head of […]