House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Organizes, Approves Majority Subcommittee Assignments “Chairman Smith: “The Science Committee oversees agency budgets of $39 billion, most of which is focused on research and […]
2013
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Deal Reached Between Virgin Galactic and New Mexico
Virgin Galactic and State of New Mexico Agree on Liability Issues (With video), SpaceRef Business “Virgin Galactic and the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association have agreed on liability issues that […]
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Deep Space Industries Launches
Deep Space Industries Unveils Mining and Manufacturing Plans, SpaceRef Business “Deep Space Industries (DSI) is another new entry in the asteroid mining field who want to go beyond just mining […]
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NASA Continues Search For Planet Capable Of Supporting NASA
NASA Continues Search For Planet Capable Of Supporting NASA “Nearly four years after launching its Kepler space telescope to search for worlds outside our solar system, NASA officials confirmed Tuesday […]
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179 Trips To The Moon
179 Round Trips to the Moon & 7 Other Things You Could Do in the Time Since Senate Democrats Last Passed a Budget, Speaker of the House John Boehner “If […]
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NASA and the Inauguration
Image: National Mall in Washington, DC As Seen From Orbit “Astronauts on board the International Space Station captured this view of Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area on Sunday, Jan. […]
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Report: Chinese Parts Found in North Korea Rocket Debris
S.Korea: North’s missile parts from China, NHK World (With video) “The South Korean military says part of the North Korean missile launched last month were made in China. South Korea’s […]
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4 Simple Pluto Questions; 3 Months for SMD to Reply
NASA Finally Responds To Simple Questions About the New Horizons Mission to Pluto “Three months ago I asked the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) some simple questions regarding possible changes […]
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Denney Keys
Denney J. Keys, NASA engineer, Washington Post “Denney J. Keys, 54, who had been a senior technical fellow for power systems engineering at NASA, died of cancer Dec. 30 at […]
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Smart PR Placements by CASIS
Keith’s note: I was just out walking, listening to NPR’s “Science Friday” when noted data visualist (and CAIB Powerpoint analyst) Edward Tufte was on. During a short break the announcer […]