Keith’s note: Sonja Alexander Maclin has passed away. Service arrangements below. Sonja was always the nicest person I talked to at NASA Headquarters – on any topic. Sat., Feb. 28 […]
2015
Posted inCongress
Is Dava Newman's Nomination In Limbo? (Update)
Keith’s note: Dava Newman was chosen as the nominee for NASA Deputy Administrator 4 months ago in October 2014. We have heard nothing since then. Dava Newman has yet to […]
Posted inExploration
Fixing ARM So That It Makes (Some) Sense
Let’s Fix the Asteroid Redirect Mission, Marcia Smith Aviation Week “Fundamentally, ARM is two good ideas kluged together into one bewildering idea that NASA itself seems unable to explain effectively. […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Jurczyk To Head Space Technology Mission Directorate
Steve Jurczyk Named Head of NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Steve Jurczyk as the agency’s Associate Administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, effective […]
Posted inExploration
Throwing Shade on Mars One
Mars Missions Are A Scam, BuzzFeed “It looks like a scam,” John Logsdon, a space policy expert at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., told BuzzFeed News. “They don’t have […]
Posted inPolicy
Yet Another Space Group: The Space Illuminati
Keith’s note: Wow, the space advocacy community has been rather fertile this past week spawning not one but two new organizations – all of this on the heels of a […]
Posted inPolicy
Alliance for Space Development Revealed (Yawn)
Space Frontier Foundation and National Space Society Announce the Formation of the Alliance for Space Development “At press time, the LifeBoat Foundation, The Mars Society, The Mars Foundation, The Space […]
Posted inCommercialization
Commercial Space Hearings This Week
Congressional Hearings this Week to Focus on Commercial Space, SpaceRef “There will be two important congressional hearings this week on Commercial Space. First up on Tuesday, February 24th is the […]
Posted inCommercialization
Recent Space Poll: The Public is Not Always in Synch With Space Advocates
Poll: Space Travel in the 21st Century: American Public Sees Benefits But Balks at Cost, Monmouth University “This week marks the 53rd anniversary of John Glenn’s first manned orbital space […]
Posted inPolicy
Pioneering Space National Summit Details Emerge
Keith’s note: Something has emerged from the Pioneering Space National Summit held last week in Washington DC on Facebook (larger view) The event barred press coverage and did not include […]