Nasa plan to ‘lasso’ asteroid the size of two buses and turn it into a ‘space station’ to orbit the moon, Daiy Mail “Nasa scientists are planning to capture a […]
2012
Posted inEducation
Planetary Budgets and Younger Scientists
Editorial on NASA Planetary R&A Programs, Mark V. Sykes, Planetary Science Institute “At a minimum, this year’s decline needs to be reversed to ensure that selection rates are improved to […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
NASA Remains Silent on New Horizons Issues (Update)
Keith’s note: In October NASA SMD PAO was caught totally off guard when the New Horizons team announced that debris in the vicinity of Pluto might force them to “bail […]
Posted inCongress
Official NASA Memo: Implications of Ongoing Fiscal Cliff Negotiations
Implications of Ongoing Fiscal Cliff Negotiations for NASA “As you are all likely aware, the Administration and Congress are continuing to work to resolve a series of economic or fiscal […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Jesco von Puttkamer
Keith’s note: Internal NASA memo: “Jesco passed away today at ~11am. He died at home. He had flu like symptoms for the last week. He is survived by his wife […]
Posted inCommercialization
SpaceX Grasshopper Makes a Bigger Leap (with videos)
SpaceX’s Grasshopper Takes Giant Leap Towards Reusability with 40 Meter Flight (with two videos) “SpaceX’s Grasshopper took a 12-story leap towards full and rapid rocket reusability in a test flight […]
Posted inBudget
NASA SMD Responds to Community Budget Priority Concerns
NASA Planetary Division Management Responds to Community Concerns, Planetary Exploration Newsletter “Contrary to statements being made by some individuals in the science community, the recent announcement of the Mars 2020 […]
Posted inIT/Web
Lesa Roe Won't Have to Ding Anyone's Performance
NASA LaRC Internal Email: 2,498 laptops later: The Miracle Has Occurred “As you all know, today is the Agency deadline for all laptops to be fully encrypted. I am happy […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
NASA's Chief Scientist is Departing
NASA Chief Scientist Abdalati Returning to University of Colorado “Gale Allen, associate chief scientist for Life and Microgravity Sciences, will serve as acting NASA chief scientist until a successor is […]
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Will NASA Meet Its DAR Implementation Deadline?
NASA Internal Memo: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Update “NASA has reallocated resources and has been working overtime to achieve the goal of 100 percent laptop encryption as quickly […]