Federal report blames humans for global warming and its effects, The Hill “An extensive report published by the federal government Friday asserts that humans are the primary driver of climate […]
2017
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Moon Express Adds Canadian Government Official as VP Global Development
Canadian Minister of Transport’s Director of Policy Alain Berinstain Leaving Government for Moon Express, SpaceQ “SpaceQ has learned that Alain Berinstain, the current Director of Policy for Minister of Transport […]
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Dust Belts Found Around Proxima Centauri
ALMA Discovery of Dust Belts Around Proxima Centauri , astro-ph.EP “Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our Sun, is known to host at least one terrestrial planet candidate in a […]
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What Qualified Bill Nelson To Be An Astronaut? Politics.
Trump’s NASA pick faces blistering criticism on Capitol Hill, Politco “Nelson is the committee’s ranking Democrat. He’s also the only sitting congressman to have flown on the space shuttle and […]
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Bridenstine Survives His Confirmation Hearing
Trump’s Nominee For NASA Chief Could Remake The Agency, Five Thirty Eight “[Phil] Larson, a veteran of both the Obama administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy and SpaceX, said […]
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Confirmation Hearing Set For Bridenstine
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Nomination Hearing (Bridenstine et al) “U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a […]
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Renaming A Rocket To Get A 100% Success Rate
Just today I learned Minotaur-C is the same as Taurus, which makes this tweet quite the lie! ? But congrats on today's success, @OrbitalATK! https://t.co/LlOaCpppl4 — Laura Seward Forczyk (@LauraForczyk) […]
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Pences Does LockMart
Warm welcome in CO. Going to @LockheedMartin Waterton Canyon for briefing on innovations that will help bring new era of US space leadership pic.twitter.com/ApvoCNEQpZ — Vice President Pence (@VP) October […]
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Naming An Interstellar Visitor
Perhaps @IAU_org should name A/2017 U1 "Rama" – Sir Arthur C. Clarke certainly described it rather well – in 1973 #Interstellar #astronomy pic.twitter.com/EeLiG7m5GW — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 28, 2017 […]
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Yay. Mike Griffin Finally Got A Job From Trump
Trump taps former NASA head Griffin for deputy defense role: White House “U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Michael Griffin, a former administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space […]