Humans to Mars: a deeply disturbing idea, Linda Billings “I have deep moral qualms about this idea, as it appeals to a small fraction of humankind and proposes what would […]
2016
Posted inIT/Web
NASA Information Security Is Still Broken
Follow-up Evaluation of NASA’s Implementation of Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information, NASA OIG “Although NASA has taken steps to implement our prior recommendations, we continued to identify inconsistencies […]
Posted inCommercialization
Did SpaceX Just Change The Rules?
The @SpaceX architecture described by @ElonMusk makes anything @NASA has contemplated thus far pale by comparison #ParadigmShift #IAC2016 pic.twitter.com/2JEIfGOCId — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 27, 2016 Elon Musk’s presentation charts […]
Posted inCommercialization
Official Video: SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System
Elon Musk Outlines his Plan for Colonizing Mars and Why We Should Do It, SpaceRef [Includes the full video of Elon Musk’s talk and the presentation slides.] “In a presentation […]
Posted inCongress
DC Think Tankers Testify On That China Space Race Thing
Updated: Congress Hearing: Are We Losing the Space Race to China [Hearing video] Subcommittee Examines China’s Space Exploration Capabilities and Achievements, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Democrats “Now, […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
New Science Mission Directorate Leadership
Thomas Zurbuchen Named Head of NASA Science Mission Directorate, NASA “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Thomas Zurbuchen as the new associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the […]
Posted inCommercialization
Does SpaceX Have The Right Stuff For Mars? Does NASA?
Elon Musk has a lot to prove at today’s Mars colonization announcement, The Verge “This isn’t a phone, or a new app, or new headphones – it’s not a consumer […]
Posted inExploration
What Charlie Bolden Really Said At #IAC2016
This is what #NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden really said moments ago at #IAC2016 pic.twitter.com/LUmrX0KbJ8 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 26, 2016
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Water Plumes on Europa
Evidence of Water Vapor Plumes on Europa, NASA “Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Tectonics on Mercury
Mercury is Tectonically Active, NASA “Images obtained by NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft reveal previously undetected small fault scarps– cliff-like landforms that resemble stair steps. […]