Reader note: “Thought you might find this sadly amusing. I am NASA contractor. I just received notice today [29 Jan 2013] that my personal data was compromised in the Laptop […]
2013
Posted inShuttle News
More Will Follow
Columbia: Thinking Back – Looking Ahead, Excerpt from “New Moon Rising”, by Frank Sietzen, Jr. and Keith Cowing “At the end of the event, Rona Ramon, Ilan’s widow, spoke last. […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Stephen Dwornik
Stephen Dwornik “While at NASA, he acted as a Project Manager for the Surveyor Program (seven unmanned moon landing spacecrafts). Mr. Dwornik co-authored several books including Atlas of Mercury. One […]
Posted inNews
Malibu and Mars
CuriousMars: California Dreamin’ on a Martian Day, Craig Covault, SpaceRef “There are already plenty of stars around Malibu, California, but could the place be actually like the planet Mars? The […]
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Adrian Hooke
Remembering Adrian “We are sad to let you know that Adrian Hooke died on January 7. He was at home in Malibu with his wife. In his classic fashion, he […]
Posted inPolicy
Stealth Future In-Space Operations (FISO) Working Group Telecons
NASA’s Strategic Direction and the Need for a National Consensus, Briefing to FISO Telecon Jan. 30, 2013 Marcia Smith, SpacePolicyOnline.com, NRC Committee Member (link fixed) “- NASA does not and […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Painting The Sky With Lithium
Rocket Launch Colors the Sky Red With Lithium (with photos) “NASA successfully launched a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket at 5:50 p.m. EST this evening from the Wallops Flight Facility in […]
Posted inBudget
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is Worried About NASA's Budget
Code Red: NASA Safety Panel’s Warning on Funding Uncertainty, AIP “Earlier this month the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel issued its 2012 Annual Report. Looking for hazards across the space […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Is NASA SMD Following the Decadal Survey?
Let NASA Pursue a Balanced Planetary Exploration Program, Planetary Society “We must also emphasize that the serious budget cuts to NASA’s Planetary Science Division have not been averted. The new […]
Posted inIT/Web
NASA CIO Cureton Is Leaving NASA
NASA CIO Linda Cureton plans exit, FCW NASA CIO Linda Cureton is retiring from government, FCW has learned. Cureton, a 2011 Federal 100 winner, has held her current position since […]