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Year: 2017
The Vacancies Act – And NASA Management (Update)
The Vacancies Act – And NASA Management (Update)

How the Trump era is changing the federal bureaucracy, Washington Post “The clock ran out for hundreds of acting officials in November when a little-known law called the Vacancies Act – designed to spur presidents to staff their government – kicked in, limiting them from making official decisions. The law allows acting officials to serve for up to 300 days, at which point they must yield their authority to the […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 31, 2017
Bot-Generated NASA Fake News Word Salad
Bot-Generated NASA Fake News Word Salad

Jim bridenstine, donald trump’s choice to lead nasa back to the moon, has a new take on climate change — quartz, Hearthstone “Earliest now (November. one), senator Value Admiral leveled a liberal onslaught: You are categoric, very factious, and as well ultimate, with a legend of quizzical clime body of knowledge, advocating one-sidedness off LGBT Americans, and herself offensive mankind ilk quondam chairman Barack Obama and senator Bathroom McCain. He […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 27, 2017
Will Mike Griffin Be America's Other Space Administrator?
Will Mike Griffin Be America's Other Space Administrator?

Could the Pentagon’s new R&E head take over military space programs? “We haven’t laid flat the final responsibilities there, but what’s really exciting about next year is we’ve got Mike Griffin on board,” who touts extensive experience in the space domain, the deputy told reporters Dec. 21. Griffin, a former NASA administrator during the George W. Bush administration, was formally nominated this month. He has yet to have a confirmation […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 27, 2017
On Hiatus

Keith’s note: Posting on NASAWatch will be minimal until after New Year’s. Happy holidays!

  • NASA Watch
  • December 23, 2017
Bridenstine Confirmation Update
Bridenstine Confirmation Update

Keith’s note: With government shut down issues and an evaporating calendar, it is unlikely that Rep. Bridenstine nomination to be NASA Administrator will come up in 2017. Right now the expected support for Rep. Bridenstine remains exactly where it has been for him (and many other Trump nominees) for many months: split along party lines. With Sen. Rubio still in the “no” column if the vote were taken today (and […]

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  • December 23, 2017
Space Tesla Arrives At The Cape

A Red Car for the Red Planet https://t.co/PakS3rvp5C pic.twitter.com/440bvUHJeO — SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 22, 2017 Keith’s note: Elon Musk could have some serious citizen science fun with this. I was thinking back to the ISEE-3 Reboot Project and all of the amateurs – many with home made satellite dishes – who listened for the spacecraft. If the #SpaceTesla does actually make it into space it would be an enticing object […]

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  • December 22, 2017
Bruce McCandless
Bruce McCandless

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II Dies at 80 “Former NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist on the STS-41B and STS-31 missions, died Dec. 21, 2017, at the age of 80. McCandless is perhaps best remembered as the subject of a famous NASA photograph flying alongside the space shuttle in the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) – the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft. His time as an astronaut encompassed […]

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  • December 22, 2017
Raytheon Is Marketing Its Alien UFO Trackers
Raytheon Is Marketing Its Alien UFO Trackers

The UFO spotter: Navy pilots used Raytheon tech to track a strange UFO, Raytheon “We might be the system that caught the first evidence of E.T. out there,” said Aaron Maestas, director of engineering and chief engineer for Surveillance and Targeting Systems at Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems business. “But I’m not surprised we were able to see it.” … So how best to track an alien spaceship in our […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 21, 2017
Giant von Braun Head Moved at NASA MSFC

Giant von Braun Head Moved at @NASA_MSFC [email protected]: "Construction crews just removed the Von Braun statue at a construction site. They assured me that they are going to put him back somewhere soon. Good thing. We tend to worship him around here."#BackToTheMoon pic.twitter.com/cmxrywNmEz — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) December 21, 2017 Wernher von Borg? They were moving a statue today at @NASA_MSFC. Sorry. Just couldn't help but notice the similarity. And […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 21, 2017
Sign Language: Ready For Use In Space?

Keith’s note: Fast forward to 28:45 for an interview with deaf student astronaut Julia Velasquez in ASL who is currently at HI-SEAS Mars analog habitat in Hawaii. In a previous life I worked as a professional Sign Language interpreter so I think this is especially cool. Another language that may one day be used in space? I used to go snorkeling with one of my deaf roommates. We used to […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 21, 2017