Keithâs note: ExxonMobil TV commercial about Shiva Hafezi, a young woman (now an engineer) who was motivated as a student to strive for excellence by a chemistry teacher who had […]
2012
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Software and Hardware Glitches on Fermi?
Space telescope to get software fix, Nature “Long-standing but little-publicized software problems, and insufficient memory in one of the detectors, have clouded the vision of the world’s leading -ray telescope […]
Posted inCongress
House Science Committee Leadership Changes
U.S. House Science Committee Set For Big Turnover, ScienceInsider “A key science policymaking body in the U.S. House of Representatives is about to get a makeover. Ten current members of […]
Posted inExploration
Back to the Moon (Again)?
NASA may soon unveil new manned moon missions, Space.com “The new plans have probably already been cleared with the Obama Administration but have been kept under wraps in case Republican […]
Posted inPolicy
Post-election Space Policy
Keith’s note: President Obama has won re-election. What will this mean for space policy? Will (should) NASA have a new administrator? – if so, then who? Should NASA’s budget be […]
Posted inWeb Site News
Introducing SpaceRef Business and Guest Blog Pitch
Commercial Space Watch is now SpaceRef Business, SpaceRef Marc’s note: SpaceRef is committed to providing timely, useful news and analysis on a wide variety of topics. Our web site focusing […]
Posted inAstronauts
Why does NASA JSC PAO have staff in Saudi Arabia?
Keith’s note: Why does NASA JSC PAO have staff in Saudi Arabia? Are there that many NASA employees attending the ASE event such that they need a PAO handler? @amikokauderer […]
Posted inCongress
Yet Another Slow Motion Advisory Committee on Human Space Flight
Keith’s note: The National Research Council has created the Committee on Human Spaceflight – yet another semi-annual effort to study and advise Congress on NASA’s human space flight activities: “In […]
Posted inAstronauts
Earth's Astronauts Meet
Over 100 astronauts to attend Riyadh, Saudi Arabia meeting, Arabnews “The conference will be attended by more than 100 astronauts from 18 different countries along with experts in the space […]
Posted inElection 2012
Challenger's Crew Mentioned By A Presidential Candidate
Keith’s note: At the beginning of 20:25 into this video, Gov. Romney repeats a story he has told about an American flag flown on Space Shuttle Challenger’s last mission at […]