#NASA JSC sends out a press release at 5 pm on 4 Dec for a media event in CO on 11 Dec (i.e. a flight in on 10 Dec) and […]
2017
Posted inEducation
Brooke Owens Fellowship Program
Deadline for Students to Apply to the Brooke Owens Fellowship Program Is Fast Approaching “The deadline for students to apply to the Brooke Owens Fellowship Program is almost here! Please […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Looking For Extraterrestrial Life In West Virginia
Going Off Source: Time Away With SETI In West Virginia “20 years ago I made a trip to West Virginia to hang out with SETI researcher Jill Tarter and see […]
Posted inCommercialization
Fun Things To Do With Your $200,000 Car: Blast It Into Outer Space.
SpaceX will try to launch Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster on new heavy-lift rocket, Spaceflight Now “Musk told reporters in March that SpaceX would put “the silliest thing we can imagine” […]
Posted inCommercialization
Japan's iSpace Set for Major Funding News
iSpace rover model. Credit: SpaceRef Marc’s note: On Wednesday Japan and Luxembourg announced an agreement “to cooperate on exploration and commercial utilization of space resources.” While this news is noteworthy, […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
The NASA Podium Is Still Empty
NASA has never gone this long without a formal administrator, Ars Technica “Four-time astronaut Charles Bolden resigned as NASA administrator on January 20, 2017, leaving the space agency after more […]
Posted inEducation
Space Station Flyovers In Flyover Country Are Not All That They Could Be
Keith’s note: Several weeks ago I posted “Doing Something Again For The First Time” which focused on the sector of the U.S. population that was not alive when humans landed […]
Posted inExploration
Naming MU69 After One Of Earth's Greatest Challenges
Keith’s note: NASA and the SETI Institute are about to complete a competition wherein people get to suggest names for MU69 – the distant body that New Horizons will fly […]
Posted inCongress
A Bridenstine Nomination Vote Seems To Be Close
There is talk of a vote in the Senate on the nomination of @RepJBridenstine to be @NASA Administrator around 11 Dec. The vote will likely be split along party lines […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
NASA CFO Nominee Announced
NASA Statement on Nomination for Agency Chief Financial Officer “It is encouraging to see more members of the agency’s leadership team being named. Jeff’s solid financial background will be a […]