NASA Suffers “Large” Data Breach Affecting, IEEE Spectrum “Why it has taken so long for NASA to finally decide to fully encrypt its laptops remains a mystery, given its long-time […]
2012
Posted inChina
If Chang'e-3 Lands, Google Lunar X Prize Drops by 25%
Summary of Rules and Requirements, Google Lunar X Prize “The competition’s grand prize is worth $20 million. To provide an extra incentive for teams to work quickly, the grand prize […]
Posted inCommercialization
Commercial Space Transportation Liability Regime Extended by House
House Passes Bill to Extend the Commercial Space Transportation Liability Regime “Today, H.R. 6586, a bill that provides a two-year extension to the existing commercial space launch indemnification regime, passed […]
Posted inISS News
NASA Dumps iLIDS Docking System
NASA Decides to Adopt Boeing SIMAC Design for Docking and Retiring the iLIDS Design “Obviously, this is a disappointing outcome. But while iLIDS may not have been the right solution […]
Posted inChina
China Goes To Space on HuffPostLIve
Keith’s note: I’ll was on HuffPostLIve at 11:00am ET today, talking about China’s space program. Earlier post on China
Posted inIT/Web
Yet Another NASA IT Blunder
Agencywide Message to All NASA Employees: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) “On October 31, 2012, a NASA laptop and official NASA documents issued to a Headquarters employee were stolen […]
Posted inPolicy
Space Goals Worthy of a Great Nation
The Vision for Space Exploration: After the Vision, What Next? (Part 5), Paul Spudis “Many of us working in or with NASA recognized that the 2004 Vision for Space Exploration […]
Posted inExploration
NASA's Somewhat Confused Destination(s)
Ditch the asteroid mission, Mr President, BBC “Whatever the truth, I hope that Nasa is aiming big, because its current ambitions are – by its own scientists admissions – somewhat […]
Posted inNews
Faltering Notoriety?
Felix Baumgartner Jump Imitated By First Burger In Space (with video). Huffington post “Filling those space shoes and performing anything near as death-defying is a difficult task, but an unassuming, […]
Posted inCommercialization
Does SpaceX Makes Arianespace Nervous?
Citing SpaceX Threat, Lawmakers In France Urge Early Ariane 6 Start, SpaceNews (behind paywall) “French Sen. Bruno Sido said to compare the SpaceX facility with the equivalent manufacturing operation of […]