Shooting Down a Satellite: All in the Timing, Discovery “This week, as the military unveiled its unprecedented plan to shoot down an ailing spy satellite, an ammonia tank once used […]
2008
Posted inPersonnel News
HSPD-12 Update
NASA AFEU Memo on HSPD-12 Badging “NASA is proceeding to implement Homeland Security Personnel Directive (HSPD-12) at all Centers, including Ames. Center management has determined that more than 20% of […]
Posted inCommercialization
Weightless Over Silicon Valley
NASA’s Ames Enables Commercial Weightless Aircraft Flights “Commercial, weightless flights will be offered this weekend at Moffett Field, Calif., under the terms of an agreement with the Zero Gravity Corp, […]
Posted inEducation
Surveying the Next Generation
Reader note: To the Next Generation of Space Leaders: A little over a year ago, we asked the youth of the world to tell us what they think should happen […]
Posted inNews
Shooting Down NROL-21
Pentagon to shoot down broken spy satellite, AP “The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March, The Associated Press […]
Posted inISS News
Newsflash: Armed Astros
Space Station Crew Can Access Gun, WESH “Astronauts aboard the International Space Station apparently have access to a gun. Russian Cosmonauts carry a gun on their Soyuz space capsule, which […]
Posted inExploration
Stanford VSE Update Meeting: Yawn
Editor’s note: Nothing of substance was discussed. Nothing of substance was decided. The VSE is safe – for now. Mike Griffin got all worked up about this meeting – for […]
Posted inVideos
Today's Video: Reach
Editor’s note: I am hanging out with a hundred Generation Y types at NASA ARC at the NGEC-2 – Next Generation Exploration Conference. As the attendees struggled with why they […]
Posted inBudget
House Budget Hearing
House Committee on Science and Technology Examines FY09 NASA Budget “Dr. Griffin and his team are dedicated and hardworking and represent some of the “best and brightest” in the nation. […]
Posted inAstronauts
Mystery Space Illness Affects German Astronaut
Astronaut Mum on What Ailed Him, AP “The German astronaut who was too sick to perform a spacewalk refused to say what ailed him, but insisted he’s feeling great–albeit a […]