NASA Awards Two Robots to University Groups for R&D Upgrades “Humanoid robots will be helpful to astronauts on our journey to Mars, so NASA has awarded prototypes to two universities […]
2015
Posted inFinancial Management
NASA's Accounting Improves But Its Cost Forecasting Does Not
NASA Receives Fifth Consecutive Clean Audit Opinion “NASA has received an unmodified audit opinion on its Fiscal Year 2015 (FY 2015) financial statements, marking the fifth consecutive year of “clean” […]
Posted inCommercialization
Silence Amongst The Space Advocates
Keith’s note: Many people are pleased that the SPACE Act made it through the House yesterday. This legislation does a lot to support NASA’s plans for going to Mars as […]
Posted inCongress
House Passes SPACE Act
House Sends Crucial Commercial Space Bill to President’s Desk “House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), and Space Subcommittee Chairman Brian […]
Posted inCommercialization
ULA Passes on GPS Launch – SpaceX Wins By Default
Lockheed-Boeing venture says will not bid for US GPS satellite launch, Reuters “United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, on Monday said it would […]
Posted inExploration
The Planetary Society Is Against Human Space Flight
Oh the Places We Won’t Go: Humans Will Settle Mars, and Nowhere Else, Lou Friedman “Humans will become a multi-planet species by making it to Mars, but no farther. That […]
Posted inCommercialization
Once Again It is Clear: CASIS Is Inept
Genes in Space Competition Launches, New England Biolabs “Genes in Space, a competition aimed at fostering creativity, collaboration and critical thinking among young innovators opened a call for entries today. […]
Posted inCulture
OIG's Annual Statement That NASA Has Project Management Issues
2015 Report on NASA’s Top Management and Performance Challenges, NASA OIG “In the OIG’s view, the principal challenge facing Agency leaders will be to effectively manage the Agency’s varied programs […]
Posted inPolicy
Bolden Addresses Council on Foreign Relations
Remarks by NASA Administrator Bolden to the Council on Foreign Relations 12 November 2015 “When I was the age of many of you, much was made about the fact that […]
