The Worst Leadership Performances of 2008, Washington Post “Act Clueless Award: Michael Griffin. The incumbent administrator of NASA judged Lori Garver, head of president-elect Obama’s NASA transition team, as “not […]
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Posted inTransition
Orlando Sentinel on NASA
We think: NASA’s chief should welcome Obama team’s scrutiny, opinion, Orlando Sentinel “As NASA prepares to come under the direction of a new president, Mr. Griffin might believe he is […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Launching the 21st Century American Aerospace Workforce
New Report Details Aerospace Workforce Needs, Remedies, AIA “A new report from the aerospace industry promotes the need to convince more students to study math and science and makes proposals […]
Posted inCommercialization
Falcon 9 Gets Real
SpaceX Falcon 9 to Be Fully Integrated by December 31 “Yesterday we lifted the first stage off the shipping truck and lowered it onto the integration assemblies (shown below). With […]
Posted inShuttle News
Schedule Pressure and Shuttle Safety
NASA Might Change Hubble Mission Requirement to Keep Ares 1-X on Schedule, space.com “Current plans call for having Atlantis and Endeavour occupy Pads 39-A and 39-B, respectively, during preparations for […]
Posted inEducation
Rocket Science 101
Rocket science treks to real world, Houston Chronicle “For nearly three hours, Brett Williams’ 24 teen-age rocket-designers faced one tough question after another from some of NASA’s most experienced aerospace […]
Posted inExploration
From The Earth to the Moon
Forty years ago, three men left for the Moon “[Sunday] marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 8 mission, Americas first human mission to the Moon and […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Astronaut Office Weighs In (Officially) On Ares/Orion/EELVs
Replacement for shuttle must serve as bridge craft, Steve Lindsey, Houston Chronicle “NASA spent several years studying architectures and researching every available commercial rocket to find the design that could […]
Posted inTransition
Another Space Document Online at Change.gov
Editor’s note: The X- Prize Foundation has submitted a 3 page document “Five years out from the announcement of a new vision for America’s Space Exploration program, important lessons about […]
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More Science and Technology Policy Hints from Obama Team
Transcript: President-elect Barack Obama’s Radio Address “Right now, in labs, classrooms and companies across America, our leading minds are hard at work chasing the next big idea, on the cusp […]