Keith’s note: I still can’t stop laughing at this one. I am really rocking the gray hair, reader glasses, nonchalant slouching journalist slob thing! As for the other guy … […]
2018
Posted inCommercialization
Its Back To The Moon Time – Again
NASA Announces New Partnerships for Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery Services “Nine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload […]
Posted inMilitary Space
Space Force Comes In Many Flavors At Varying Costs
White House Seeks Alternatives to Independent Space Force, Defense One “The four options, according to one of the officials, include: 1) an Air Force-owned space corps that includes only Air […]
Posted inAstrobiology
The Sort of Status Report People Might Send Back From Mars
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 28 November 2018: Dive Hole Melting Issues “The hole melter was returned, but unfortunately it still does not work properly and we are unable […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Janet Karika Announced As New NASA Chief of Staff
Janet Karika Named NASA Chief of Staff, NASA “I am honored today to announce that Ms. Janet Karika will begin serving as my Chief of Staff on Monday, Nov. 26. […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
White House Confusion Over How NASA Actually Functions
FYI @NASAInSight was approved by @NASA in 2012, built in 2014-2015 and almost flew to Mars in 2016 but was delayed until 2018 due to problems with the French-built seismometer […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
InSight Makes A Perfect Landing On Mars
First image after #MarsLanding pic.twitter.com/pkwpyaBJ1q — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) November 26, 2018
Posted inIT/Web
NASA Leaves Broken Social Media Online
Here we go again. The official @NASA DSN twitter account says that it is receiving data from #Mars Rover #Opportunity but its probably not true since you can't trust #NASA […]
Posted inExploration
Looking Forward, Not Backward
FWIW @NASA needs to stop acting like it is 60 years old and reliving the glories of what it did 50 years ago. Instead it needs to look forward (again) […]
Posted inEarth Science
Climate Change Report Sneaks Out Before It Could Be Stopped
Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States, U.S. Global Chance Research Program “In the absence of significant global mitigation action and regional adaptation […]