Doctor who won NASA contest sees diaper product opportunity, CNBC “An Air Force doctor who won a NASA contest for a spacesuit poop problem filed for a patent and plans […]
2017
Posted inTrumpSpace
National Space Council: More Bureaucracy or Better Coordination?
Space is bigger than NASA, Scott Pace, The Hill “During the presidential campaign, Vice President Mike Pence promised to “relaunch the national space policy council headed by the vice president.” […]
Posted inISS News
Energia Will Pay For NASA Astronaut To Go To ISS Because It Owes Money To Boeing For Sea Launch
US astronaut’s spaceflight to be financed by Russian corporation as debt repayment, TASS “U.S. astronaut Joseph M. Acaba will fly to the International Space Stations (ISS) as a third crew […]
Posted inBudget
Planetary Society Is Living In An Alternate Budget Universe
Bill Nye has a few tips for President Trump on how to manage NASA, The Verge “Nye saves his most optimistic hope for last. He argues that the Trump administration […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Large Personnel Cuts Ahead Across The Federal Government
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce, Washington Post “Preliminary budget documents have also shown that Trump advisers have also looked at cutting the Environmental Protection Agency’s […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
Old Thinking About New Directions Inside and Outside of NASA
Trump, with NASA, has a new rocket and spaceship. Where’s he going to go?, Washington Post “There are practical issues, too: Musk has a reputation for overpromising on timelines. SpaceX […]
Posted inCulture
Face Eating Aliens in "Life" Didn't Pass Muster With NASA
The NASA-Hollywood Bromance, Mens Journal “Of course, not every film gets approval. You won’t see any official NASA logos in Life, for example, about a martian life-form terrorizing the space-station […]
Posted inCongress
The Alabama Mafia Wants All Rocket Engines Built In Alabama Forever
Blue Origin’s new engine isn’t good enough for some congressmen, Ars Technica “At the end of February, two US representatives, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Mac Thornberry of Texas, decided […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Please Nominate Frank Sietzen as a NASA Space Chronicler
NASA Kennedy Seeks Media Nominations for ‘Chroniclers’ Awards, NASA “NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is soliciting members of the working news media for names of former colleagues they deem worthy of […]
Posted inTransition
NASA Authorization Bill: Newt Strikes Back
Just as the pro-SLS Alabama Mafia thinks that it has a stranglehold on @NASA – @NewtGingrich fights back https://t.co/CKrtvBAct6 pic.twitter.com/MS6pPLLdMw — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 10, 2017