Remarks by Shana Dale at AAS/AIAA Seminar on the Importance of International Collaboration in Space Exploration“NASA simply cannot afford every mission that every astronomer would like us to do as […]
2006
Posted inISS News
Elektron: On Again – Off Again
Oxygen Problems Concern Space Station Managers, SpaceRef Editor’s note: The Expedition 14 crew has been unable to get the Russian Elektron Oxygen generation unit to operate normally. As can be […]
Posted inExploration
Going Back – To Stay
On the Verge of the International Polar Year, NSF Commemorates the 50th Anniversary of First Flight To Land at the South Pole“Fifty years ago, on Oct. 31, 1956, a tiny […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Send Your Name Aboard Dawn
Only Five More Days for Your Name to Rise With the Dawn“NASA’s campaign to send the nom de plumes of people from around the world into the heart of the […]
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— And If The ISS Crew Had To Come Home Early
NASA International Space Station De-crewing and Re-crewing Plan SSP 50715“De-crewing of the International Space Station (ISS) could occur as a result of several scenarios including; major system failure (unrecoverable or […]
Posted inHubble
Newsflash: Cowing is a Sycophant and O'Keefe is a Liar, Stupid, and a Coward
Editor’s note: That’s what Scott Horowitz’ and Mike Griffin’s pal Bob Zubrin wants you to think – note this excerpt from an official Mars Society email wherein Zubrin crows about […]
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Everyone Is Happy About Hubble
– New Hubble Servicing Mission to upgrade instruments – IEEE-USA commends NASA decision to service Hubble Space Telescope – Mikulski Applauds Hubble Announcement, Says Decision Is Right For America – […]
Posted inShuttle News
Accepting Risk
NASA approves Hubble repair, Nature“If the shuttle were damaged on assent by falling foam or other debris, then mission planners would have a maximum of three weeks to get a […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Space Science Cut Update
Editor’s note: When asked by a reporter about the Administration’s interest in supporting science, and the complaints that the science community has raised, Mike Griffin replied “I am bothered by […]
Posted inHubble
Why There Won't Be A Propulsion De-Orbit Module For Hubble (it is "Idiotic")
Editor’s note: According to Mike Griffin, speaking at the 31 October HST SM announcement: “I was the one who took the deorbit module off of this mission because I thought […]