2017
Phil Sabelhaus
“Dear Members Of The JWST Family, It is with much sorrow that I must tell you that our friend and colleague Phil Sabelhaus has passed away. Phil was a friend […]
Warning: NASA Employees: Do Not Take Your Government Phone Outside The U.S.
A US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone, The Verge “Seemingly, Bikkannavar’s reentry into the country should not have raised any flags. Not only […]
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Sells Out and Endorses SLS (Update)
Leading Commercial Space Group Embraces NASA’s Biggest Rocket, Wall Street Journal “Before his speech outlining the revised stance on the Space Launch System, Mr. Stern said his primary goal is […]
Alternative Budget Facts From The Planetary Society
Trump’s Advisers Want to Return Humans to the Moon in Three Years, The Atlantic “[Planetary Society’s Casey] Dreier cautions that the latest glimpse of potential Trump space policy may be […]
Congress Seeks To Prevent Muzzling of Government Science
U.S. Senate bill aims to make sure federal scientists aren’t ‘muzzled’, Science “Congressional Democrats are rallying behind a bill to protect federal scientists from attempts to interfere with scientific discourse […]
Pro- and Anti-Commercial Space Factions Are Fighting
Trump advisers’ space plan: To moon, Mars and beyond, Politco “Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, another commercial space evangelist with close ties to Trump, is also pushing the White House […]
That Whole SpaceX Vs ULA Thing
Bridenstine: frustrated with #EELV program and @SpaceX vs @ulalaunch arguments #CST2017 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 8, 2017 More Money, More Problems for the Commercial Space Launch Biz, Wired “But […]
OIG: NASA's Operational Technology Systems Are Inadequate and Disjointed
NASA OIG: Audit of Industrial Control System Security within NASA’s Critical and Supporting Infrastructure “Despite its significant presence across the Agency and its criticality to the success of the Agency’s […]
Rep. Bridenstine Speaks at FAA Space Commercial Space Conference
As tweeted by @NASAWatch from the FAA Commercial Space Transportation conference in Washington, DC today: – Bridenstine: talking about Gene Cernan and his dream of sending Americans back to the […]