NASA’s recent woes took root with loss of space shuttle program, Houston Chronicle “The decision to end the shuttle program came in 2004 as President George W. Bush’s administration shifted […]
2018
Posted inRussia
Can Sanctioned Roscosmos Chief Rogozin Visit The U.S.?
White House Temporarily Lifts Sanctions on Russia’s Space Chief for U.S. Visit, Moscow Times “The White House has temporarily lifted an entry ban imposed on the head of Russia’s federal […]
Posted inEarth Science
Is NASA Leading A Shift In Administration Climate Change Views?
Trump’s NASA Administrator: ‘No Reason’ to Dismiss U.N. Climate Report, The Atlantic “Koren: The United Nations recently released a troubling new report on climate change that outlined some of the […]
Posted inRussia
Soyuz Launcher Recovery Plan Starts To Emerge
Roscosmos to make three unmanned launches before next manned flight, TASS “Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos will carry out three unmanned launches by the end of the year before the next […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Morhard Sworn In As NASA Deputy Administrator
Jim Morhard was just sworn in as the 14th Deputy Administrator of NASA. I’m excited to have him join the @NASA family at this crucial time in our agency’s history. […]
Posted inISS News
Tabloid Headlines At New Scientist
For the third day in a row @Newscientist wins the stupid space headline of the day award. They said they'd fix it but its still wildly inaccurate clickbait @jjaron https://t.co/PvvH9wPavx […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Wallops Plays Games With The News Media Once Again
Wallops is excited and proud to welcome @RocketLab to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. Have a question? Use #AskAboutLC2 or watch live: https://t.co/YsAyesMVkz — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) October 17, 2018 Keith’s […]
Posted inCommercialization
Paul Allen
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of @PaulGAllen, our founder and noted technologist, philanthropist, community builder, conservationist, musician and supporter of the arts. All of us […]
Posted inIT/Web
NASA MSFC Employee Tries To Make Serkan Golge's Past Disappear
Keith’s note: You all may be familiar with Serkan Golge, a NASA JSC employee who has been imprisoned in Turkey for bogus reasons for a long time. A NASAWatch reader […]
Posted inCommercialization
Global Politics And Space Commerce Collide
Virgin’s Richard Branson, tech investor Steve Case distance themselves from Saudi Arabia over alleged Khashoggi killing, Washington Post “Branson said he was suspending his work as a director of two […]