Commercial Space Launch Insurance: Weakness in FAA’s Insurance Calculation May Expose the Federal Government to Excess Risk, GAO “Because FAA has not yet addressed the identified weakness in the cost-of- […]
2017
Posted inIT/Web
NASA FOIA Follies Continue
NASA blocks FOIA request for potential White House ‘media blackout’ orders, Daily Dot “Users of a popular online service that helps the public acquire legal access to government records face […]
Posted inNews
SSL Sues Orbital ATK Over Unauthorized Access of Data on NASA Server
SSL sues rival Orbital ATK over theft of trade secrets: lawsuit Reuters “At least four confidential SSL documents were viewed and distributed by an Orbital ATK employee working at NASA’s […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Preview of Trump Funding for Astrobiology?
Is this a good sign – or a bad sign – WRT increased funding for @astrobiology at @NASA ? #LPSC2017 #astrobiology https://t.co/Bl69fR0BdJ — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 23, 2017 I […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Valkyrie R5 Robot Will Compete – But Only Against Itself (Update)
Northeastern puts NASA’s Valkyrie space robots through its paces, TechCrunch (video) Keith’s update: At one point in this video Valkyrie stumbles and requires the cables to catch her – unlike […]
Posted inEducation
UK Student Tells NASA How To Fix Its Experiment
UK schoolboy corrects NASA data error, BBC “A-level student Miles Soloman found that radiation sensors on the International Space Station (ISS) were recording false data. The 17-year-old from Tapton school […]
Posted inIT/Web
So Much For The Impact of Those Rogue and Alt Twitter Accounts
Immense #NASA space science meeting underway – widely tweeted at #LPSC2017 but @RogueNASA @Alt_NASA followers do not seem to be interested. https://t.co/hMm8jA0OYJ — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 22, 2017 Keep […]
Posted inCongress
Hearing On The Future of ISS
Space Subcommittee Hearing- The ISS after 2024: Options and Impacts “It is the policy of the United States to support full and complete utilization of the International Space Station through […]
Posted inRussia
Will Bridenstine Make A Russian Pivot?
Russia’s Space Program Is Struggling Mightily, Slate “Yet, despite maintaining a presence in space, Roscosmos has been beset with corruption, mismanagement, and crony capitalism that is the hallmark of the […]
Posted inCongress
NASA Transition Authorization Act Signed by President Trump
President Signs NASA Transition Authorization Act “Today President Donald Trump signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 into law. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation reaffirms Congress’ […]