After Scott Kelly’s flight, NASA plans five more one-year missions, Ars Technica “During a subcommittee meeting of NASA’s Advisory Committee earlier this month, former space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale […]
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Posted inCommercialization
NASA Is Reinventing Snack Bars Because …
Space Food Bars Will Keep Orion Weight Off and Crew Weight On, NASA “To help reduce the amount of supplies Orion will carry for its crew, scientists are developing a […]
Posted inMilitary Space
Guessing About Military TrumpSpace
Under Trump, GOP to Give Space Weapons Close Look, Roll Call “Coming soon are a greater number of more capable anti-missile interceptors and radars deployed around the globe – on […]
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GAO Reports On Commercial Launch Insurance
Commercial Space Launch Insurance: Views Differ on Need for Change to Insurance Approach but Clarification Is Needed “Stakeholders in the space launch industry are divided on the need to change […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Heads Up NASA Employees
Trump has a plan for government workers. They’re not going to like it., Washington Post “President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are drawing up plans to take on the […]
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Ellen Ochoa's Warp Drive Nonsense Is Now Officially Published U.S. Government Research
Measurement of Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio-Frequency Cavity in Vacuum. AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power “This material is declared a work of the U.S. Government and is not […]
Posted inEarth Science
NASA Slaps Down Climate Denier Down Under
NASA chief slaps down climate sceptic senator Malcolm Roberts: ‘You hold a number of misconceptions’, North Queensland Register “A senior NASA official has taken the extraordinary step of personally rejecting […]
Posted inTransition
TrumpSpace: Good News and Bad News For Everyone – Maybe
Big change on the horizon for NASA under Trump, Lori Garver, The Hill “NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden’s perceived lack of enthusiastic support of the White House agenda gave an opening […]
Posted inCulture
Another Clueless Tweet From Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson: I’ll grab Trump by the crotch when I meet him, The Hill “Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says he wants to use an unusual greeting when he meets […]
Posted inCulture
Trump's Chief Strategist Tried To Make A SciFi Space Movie Based On Shakespeare
For Trump adviser Stephen Bannon, fiery populism followed life in elite circles, Washington Post “In the early 1990s, he and [Julia] Jones, a screenwriter, struck up a conversation in a […]