Letter From NASA to Senate Appropriators Regarding Impact of Sequestration “Overall, for purposes of this assessment, the Agency assumed that the FY 2013 Continuing Resolution, with all of its terms […]
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T+3 Months: Still No Sign of Shoe Pounding By Bolden
Charlie Bolden Intends To Press President Obama on Mars Mission Mandate for NASA, earlier post “At one point, Bolden teared up and said that “Mars is the Goal”. Bolden claimed […]
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Curiosity Rover Drilling Debate
CuriousMars: Scientists Disagree on Timing of Departure from Drilling Site, SpaceRef “The $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover is beginning detailed analysis of the first subsurface rock sample acquired […]
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NEO Flyby
NASA to Chronicle Close Earth Flyby of Asteroid “NASA Television will provide commentary starting at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Friday, Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, […]
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Incoming!! Meteorite Crash in Russia (Wild Videos)
More pictures, videos, etc. Meteorite crash in Russia, Russia Today “A series of explosions in the skies of Russia’s Urals region, reportedly caused by a meteor shower, has sparked panic […]
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Is CASIS Supporting Commercial Moon Exploration Efforts? (Update)
Keith’s note: What are the odds that a tweet by both @ISS_CASIS and @GoldenSpikeCo – tweets that are exactly identical to each other – could be posted simultaneously using the […]
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AIAA Feels The Impact of Government Travel Restrictions
A Message from AIAA’s Executive Director, AIAA “We are already starting to see the impact of the government travel policy on AIAA, with somewhat diminished attendance at our recently held […]
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NASA Praises a Spinoff That It Has Already Dumped
NASA Spinoff 2012 Features New Space Tech Bettering Your Life Today NASA Spinoff 2012 (PDF) “Curry agrees: “In the future, you can envision almost all computing being done in the […]
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More Double Talk From Mike Griffin
Former NASA administrator Mike Griffin throws cold water on commercial space market, then offers solution, Huntsville Times “Griffin, a persistent critic of President Obama’s space program, said the current system […]
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Jim Hansen Arrested For Yelling or Something (Again)
Top NASA scientist arrested (again) in White House protest, Fox “NASA’s top climate scientist and government official James Hansen was arrested Wednesday outside the White House — at least the […]