Astronauts Prepare For Contingency Spacewalk “Astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer are getting ready for a contingency spacewalk Tuesday morning. Whitson and Fischer are set to begin the spacewalk at […]
2017
Posted inBudget
Trump's FY 2018 NASA Budget Is Not Huge
Third Way Statement on the Leaked May 8 Trump Budget, Third Way 2018 budget proposal to spread cuts across NASA programs, Space News “The spreadsheet suggests that most major NASA […]
Posted inISS News
NASA Has Rocket Problems But Its Payload Science Is Cutting Edge
Keith’s note: Reading NASAWatch you might think that this site has a preoccupation with clumsy projects (like SLS) that are over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in terms of mission […]
Posted inAstronauts
The Astronaut Who Left NASA Over Fake Taxi Receipts Is …
Which Astronaut Recently Got Fired From NASA for $1,600 in Fake Taxi Receipts?, Gizmodo “Last December, an astronaut with NASA was fired for submitting over $1,600 in fake reimbursements for […]
Posted inTransition
Bridenstine at NASA – and Pace at NSC – Expected Soon
Keith’s note: Sources continue to report that Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) is still the Administration’s preferred choice to become NASA Administrator and that they expect to nominate him in the […]
Posted inCommercialization
DoD Has Space Management Problems Too
Space Acquisitions: DOD Continues to Face Challenges of Delayed Delivery of Critical Space Capabilities and Fragmented Leadership, GAO “Many major Department of Defense (DOD) space programs GAO reviewed have experienced […]
Posted inEducation
Senators Reject Trump Push To Cut NASA Education
Senators to Trump Administration; Do Not Hurt Workforce By Cutting NASA Education Funding, US Senate “Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), co-chairs of the Senate Career […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
The Coming Wave Of Space Policy Advisory Changes
Trump officials act to tilt federal science boards toward industry, Nature “Legally, there is nothing to stop the Trump administration from appointing anybody it likes to agency science boards. The […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
NASA Just Can't Get That Engine Test Stand Thing Right
NASA OIG: Construction of Test Stands 4693 and 4697 at Marshall Space Flight Center “In an attempt to meet a 2017 launch date for the SLS, NASA expedited construction of […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Waiting For Bridenstine
h/t @LorenGrush I asked Jim Bridenstine when Trump is going to get around to making him NASA administrator. He hasn't heard from them in a month. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Haley Byrd […]