Getting Up to Speed on Space, Science (subscription)“Blogs such as Space Politics and NASA Watch, and organizations such as the Mars Society, keep a close eye on every utterance by […]
2008
Posted inExploration
Alt.VSE Update
Scientists Hope to Adjust the President’s Vision for Space, Science (subscription)“When U.S. President George W. Bush laid out his plan for a revamped civilian space program in January 2004, he […]
Posted inCommercialization
Kistler Loses GAO Protest
B-310741, Rocketplane Kistler, January 28, 2008, GAO“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration could use a Space Act agreement under that agency’s “other transactions” authority, and was not required to use […]
Posted inExploration
50 Years Ago Today
First U.S. Satellite a Triumph of American Ability and Vision, AIANASA JPL Explorer 1 websiteExplorer I Resolution Introduced to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of the Birth of the U.S. Space Program“January […]
Posted inNews
Incoming NRO Satellite Update
Columbia Data Aids Sat Re-entry Planning, Aviation Week & Space Technology“Re-entry debris data and analysis derived from the space shuttle Columbia accident is being applied to Pentagon studies of how […]
Posted inEducation
USAF/NASA Red Tape Cancels Launch of Model Rockets
Reader note: “The planned launch of 50 Juno I model rockets from Cape Canaveral to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Explorer I launch has now been cancelled by the […]
Posted inBudget
NASA Budget Briefings
NASA Announces FY 09 Budget Briefings for Press“NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale will brief the news media about the agency’s Fiscal Year 2009 budget at 2:30 p.m. EST, Monday, Feb. […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
The Stars Like Dust
The Growing-up of a Star, ESO“The astronomers had a close look at the object known as MWC 147, lying about 2,600 light years away towards the constellation of Monoceros (‘the […]
Posted inElection 2008
Coalition for Space Exploration Drops The Ball
Editor’s note: I got this email today:“Dear Space Advocate, This week, the presidential candidates will be at the podium again discussing the significant topics of our nation, and YOU have […]
Posted inElection 2008
Election 2008 Update
Young Engineer Leads Effort To Make Space a Topic of Presidential Debate, Space.com“[John] Benac’s call-to-arms read in part: “[W]e have a tremendous opportunity to put Mars on the political map […]