NASA Sources Sought: Commercial Crew Transporation System Certification Contract Phase 2 “The CTS certification contract (s) – Phase 2 is part of the Commercial Crew Program’s phased acquisition intended to […]
2013
Posted inSpace Quarterly Magazine
March 2013 Issue of Space Quarterly Magazine Released
March 2013 Issue of Space Quarterly Magazine Released, SpaceRef “The March 2012 edition of Space Quarterly Magazine is now available. Here are the table of contents for the U.S. and […]
Posted inCongress
Former NASA/NIA Employee Arrested by FBI Trying to Leave U.S.
Wolf: Chinese National Potentially Involved In NASA Langley Security Violations “Even more troubling, the investigative report identified how Mr. Jiang was allowed by NASA and NIA supervisors to take his […]
Posted inBudget
Bolden Cuts Travel; Buys Toy Telescope Models
NASA SMD Memo: LPSC Travel Confusion Under The Sequester “Recent guidance has come from the Administration that needs interpretation relative to supporting travel for all NASA activities. These rules will […]
Posted inIT/Web
OIG on Information Technology Security Tools
OIG: NASA’s Process for Acquiring Information Technology Security Assessment and Monitoring Tools “NASA has not fully implemented a process for identifying its IT security assets, a necessity to meet federally […]
Posted inExploration
Live Interview With John Glenn Today
Watch a live Explorers Club webcast featuring Astronaut John Glenn today at 3:30 pm EDT.
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Turning Junk Back Into Useful Hardware
Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project: how you can help save historic space data, Boing Boing “The LOIRP team managed to obtain original tape drives from the 1960s (covered in dust […]
Posted inCommercialization
SpaceX Likes Texas
SpaceX official testifies before House committee, Brownsville Herald “At Thursday’s committee hearing, Caryn Schenewerk, counsel and director of government affairs for SpaceX, testified that Texas is high on the list […]
Posted inCongress
NASA Limits Travel; No Layoff Plans – yet (update)
Message From The NASA Administrator: New Policies in Response to Sequestration “This guidance is to be applied to NASA employees and to all contract employees, including JPL employees, to extent […]
Posted inCommercialization
Update From Inspiration Mars
Inspiration Mars: Some Thoughts About Our Plan, Mike Loucks, John Carrico and Dennis Tito “Dennis Wingo provided some comments for us in his article Inspiration Mars: Some Thoughts About Their […]