Hundreds tell NASA: Wildlife refuge is for birds, not rockets, Orlando Sentinel“With the shuttle program winding down, NASA is considering offering some of its 140,000 acres at KSC for commercial […]
2008
Posted inCommercialization
Blue Origins' New Launch Site
Blue Origin Buys Texas Ranch as Launch Site, SpaceRef“According to sources, Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin has reportedly bought a 32,000 acre ranch a few miles north of Sierra Blanca, […]
Posted inElection 2008
Election 2008 Update 24 February 2008
Clinton, Obama Surrogates Debate Science Policy, CQ Politics “It wasn’t in primetime. In fact, it wasn’t broadcast at all. The audience wasn’t hand-picked to equally represent the candidates. But a […]
Posted inCommercialization
Buying Back Our Own Inventions
NASA GRC Solicitation: Configuration Support for the United Kingdom Disaster Monitoring Constellation Satellites“NASA/GRC intends to utilize the services of Surrey Satellite Technology, Ltd. (SSTL). The United Kingdom (UK) DMC is […]
Posted inShuttle News
NASA Human Spaceflight Management Changes
Editor’s note: John Shannon is being named the new Shuttle Program Manager. Wayne Hale will be joing Bill Gerstenmaier’s Space Operations staff. NASA Internal Memo From Wayne Hale to the […]
Posted inNews
Official Government Orders on How To Spin The ASAT Test
OASD Satellite Engagement Communications Plan 14 Feb 2008, Govermentattic“Public Affairs Posture – Following the public announcement by DoD, OSD public affairs will encourage an active posture in discussing this specific […]
Posted inExploration
Google Lunar X Prize Grows
The X PRIZE Foundation Announces Official Contenders in Private Moon Race“The X PRIZE Foundation and Google, Inc. today announced the first ten teams to register for the Google Lunar X […]
Posted inExploration
ESMD Responds to Ares and Orion Questions
NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate Responses to Questions from NASA Watch Feb. 20, 2008 Q: Has NASA directed civil servants and/or contractor personnel to look at Orion CEV designs that […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
What is a Planet?
The Next Great Planet Debate, MSNBC“Many astronomers say the definition that the IAU came up doesn’t adequately reflect the diversity of worlds we see even in our own solar system […]
Posted inNews
ASAT Test Update
Navy Missile Hits Spy Satellite, AP“A missile launched from a Navy cruiser soared 130 miles above the Pacific and smashed a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite Wednesday, the […]