NASA Orders SpaceX Crew Mission to International Space Station “NASA took a significant step Friday toward expanding research opportunities aboard the International Space Station with its first mission order from […]
2015
Posted inIT/Web
New NASA OIG Data System Tracks Everyone and Everything
NASA OIG: Notice of a new system of records: Data Analytics System (ADAS) “In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the National Aeronautics and Space […]
Posted inIT/Web
Providing Open Access To Published NASA Research Results (Update)
Fully Opening NASA Research Data To The Public, SpaceRef “In 2013 The White House told NASA and other government agencies that they needed to make the results of their research […]
Posted inCongress
NASA Integrated Communications Service Under Congressional Scrutiny
Letter from Rep. Sensenbrenner to NASA Administrator Bolden Regarding Acquisition Issues “I am writing to request information about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) policy with respect to full […]
Posted inCommercialization
Free Educational Cubesat Launches From ULA
United Launch Alliance Reveals Transformational CubeSat Launch Program “ULA will offer universities the chance to compete for at least six CubeSat launch slots on two Atlas V missions, with a […]
Posted inRobotics
Is JSC's R5 Droid Worth Fixing?
NASA wants to make a C-3PO to help colonize Mars, which may not be a super idea, Wired “OK, but why use a bipedal robot at all? “We’re talking about […]
Posted inCongress
NASA Comes to NOAA's Defense Against House Climate Witch Hunt
NASA chief: Government climate scientists won’t be intimidated, Ars Technica “As NOAA has endured a series of Congressional attacks this fall for its climate change research, the agency’s administrator, Kathryn […]
Posted inCommercialization
Another NewSpace Casualty?
Microsoft Co-Founder’s Space Project Is in Limbo, Wall Street Journal “The ambitious venture appears to be on hold, these officials said, because the Microsoft Corp. co-founder hasn’t announced a replacement […]
Posted inExploration
When In Doubt, Listen to Carl Sagan
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
Are CASIS Funding "Commitments" Just Smoke and Mirrors?
Keith’s note: CASIS is tasked to manage the portion of the International Space Station designated as the ISS National Laboratory. But other than NASA funding, CASIS has failed to attract […]