Keith’s note: There will be a Google+ Hangout at 1 pm ET today featuring Astronaut Scott Parazynski at McMurdo Base in South Pole plus live interaction from explorers on all […]
2013
Posted inBudget
White House Deletes Death Star Funds from NASA's FY2014 Budget
This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For, White House “The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn’t on the […]
Posted inNews
Candidate Selected for the First Rock Drilling on Mars
CuriousMars: Curiosity’s Critical Rock Drilling Target Selected as Opportunity Achieves Major Science Goal, SpaceRef “After weeks of searching, the Mars rover Curiosity’s science and engineering teams have selected a fine-grained […]
Posted inIT/Web
Did NASA Meet Its 21 Dec 2012 DAR Deadline?
NASA Internal Memo: Breach of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Update “NASA has reallocated resources and has been working overtime to achieve the goal of 100 percent laptop encryption as quickly […]
Posted inAstronauts
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is Confused
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report “This report is based on the panel’s 2012 fact-finding and quarterly public meetings; center visits and meetings; direct observations of NASA operations and […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Webb Continues to Eat SMD's Lunch
James Webb Space Telescope squeezing budget, NASA official says, LA Times “We are operating in a zero sum game right now,” [Paul] Hertz said. The talk comes as James Webb’s […]
Posted inExploration
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute
NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice: Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute “NASA is soliciting the submission of multiinstitutional team-based proposals for research as participating members of the Solar System Exploration Research […]
Posted inAstronauts
No More NEEMO?
Florida university to take over operations of undersea lab Aquarius, Star News “A lack of federal support and local funding has forced the University of North Carolina Wilmington to stop […]
Posted inCommercialization
Google Hangout on Space Tourism
Space Tourism Companies Make Giant Leaps In 2013, HuffPost Live “Space tourism companies like Virgin Galactic are planning to send spaceships into the skies this year. Will private space travel […]
Posted inExploration
Asteroid Mission Update
B612 Foundation Live Facebook Chat “What are the odds of a devastating asteroid impacting the Earth? How will the privately-funded Sentinel Mission work to map Near Earth Asteroids in the […]