NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2010 Budget “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. […]
2010
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More Sour Grapes From Scott Horowitz
Commercial Space: What Role Is It Ready For?, Scott Horowitz, Space News “For instance, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has conducted five launches of its simple Falcon 1, four of which […]
Posted inCommercialization
Commercial Space: Hot Air Vs Real Hardware
Keith’s note: A paradigm shift is in the making – a shift from government-operated to private sector operated human and cargo transportation systems. Of course, everyone wants to get a […]
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No ESAS-2 Needed
NASA to Review Human Spaceflight, NY Times “The expansive, multimonth technical study, still in the preliminary stages, might be similar to the Exploration Systems Architecture Study that in 2005 settled […]
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Animal Rights Street Theater Today at ARC
PETA to hold protest at NASA Ames against monkey experiment, SJ Mercury News “Six demonstrators plan to be in front of NASA Ames’ main gates at noon today, carrying signs […]
Posted inAstronauts
Looking Back; Looking Forward
Challenger Center Remembers the Challenger Flight 51-L Crew – Invites its Alumni and Friends to Share Their Stories “January 28, 2010 – Twenty-four years ago today the space shuttle Challenger […]
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Waiting for The Jury To Return a Verdict
NASA Internal Email From Mark Geyer: The Future “A few news bureaus and bloggers have been reporting on some major changes coming our way. Sometimes the number of reports gives […]
Posted inCulture
2001's Newspad = 2010's iPad?
Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001 Newspad finally arrives, nine years late, TAUW “Those who read Arthur C. Clarke’s novelization of the movie will remember that he described this device as the […]
Posted inCommercialization
You Can't Have It Both Ways, Mike
Griffin’s statement, Huntsville Times “Today we have in orbit a $75 billion International Space Station, a product of the treasure and effort of 15 nations, and the president is recommending […]
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Constellation Cancellation Reaction
NASA to get more money, but must scratch moon plan, AP “The money in the president’s budget is not enough to follow through with NASA’s Constellation moon landing plan initiated […]