NASA Internal Email: STS-125 Launch Date and Pad 39B Mods “Our current plans remain the baseline….. 125 flies first, and we continue to press for 5/12. November is off the […]
2009
Posted inBudget
More Money for NASA?
Funding NASA will boost economy, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, Orlando Sentinel “Last week, details of the economic recovery package were made public. The initial plan calls for $600 million for […]
Posted inCongress
House Science and Technology Subcommittee Assignments
House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee Chairs, Members Named “Today the Democratic Caucus of the Committee on Science and Technology met to elect Subcommittee Chairs and select Subcommittee assignments. […]
Posted inTransition
Gration's Chances Fade Away
Editor’s note: Looks like the effort to nominate Major General Jonathan Scott Gration to be the next Administrator of NASA has faded. Multiple sources report that objections by Sen. Nelson, […]
Posted inIT/Web
If You Think NOMAD Is Bad ….
Staff Finds White House in the Technological Dark Ages, Washington Post “Two years after launching the most technologically savvy presidential campaign in history, Obama officials ran smack into the constraints […]
Posted inExploration
Seeing The Rover Up Close
Editor’s note: The pressurized rover that participated in yesterday’s inaugural parade is currently sitting outside of NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. It heads back to Texas tomorrow. There will be […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Looking Over a Rover Driver's Shoulder (5 Years later)
Mars and Me – The unofficial diary of a Mars rover driver “Spirit Sol 18 Oops. Due to some overly aggressive sequencing, yesterday’s master sequence had a command to wait […]
Posted inCommercialization
Heinlein Prize Trust announces Microgravity Research Competition
Heinlein Trust and SpaceX Announce Competition to Promote Research Innovation in Zero Gravity “The Heinlein Prize Trust announces the Microgravity Research Competition to reward innovation in the use of microgravity […]
Posted inTransition
NASA Rover Closes Out Inaugural Parade (Screen Grabs)
Editor’s hint: As different groups pass by President Obama, different people appear for a few minutes at his side and then disappear. Let’s see who shows up when NASA closes […]