FYI @NASA employee unions: when you have these events for furloughed people remember that its not just civil servants who aren't working. Its the larger contractor community too. Civil servants […]
2019
Posted inShutdown
The Shutdown Is Spreading (Update)
Space Sciences Institute just issued a stop-work order to everyone there funded by a Federal grant (which I guess is almost everyone). #ShutdownStories — M.-M. Mac Low (@astrocurator) January 17, […]
Posted inShutdown
NASA Shutdown Update (Revised)
NIA hosting Community Support Open House Thursday 1-3pm “The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) will host a Community Support Open House for People Impacted by the Government Shutdown from 1-3pm […]
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NASA's Exploration Of The Cosmos Hobbled By Terrestrial Politics
#NASA has hurled technology out of our solar system and has peered back at the dawn of creation. Yet this all comes to a halt when politicians back on Earth […]
Posted inShutdown
"I Have My Dream Job – Please Let Me Do It"
'I feel … helpless:' About 50 people protest government shutdown at NASA's Johnson Space Center https://t.co/vX4oCiHdrW @NASA #NASA #Governmentshutdown pic.twitter.com/xyTZb5R87w — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 16, 2019
Posted inCommercialization
CASIS Plans To Compete With The Private Sector Using NASA Funds
Sources report @ISS_CASIS is working to create a for-profit commercial arm of CASIS to compete with the private sector and they are doing it using #NASA funds. This is in […]
Posted inAstrobiology
There Is Now Life On Two Worlds In Our Solar System
There is now life on two worlds in our solar system. A cotton seed has sprouted inside Change4's greenhouse on the far side of the Moon. #Change4 #astrobiology #spacebiology pic.twitter.com/x2bZsCtNCh […]
Posted inRussia
Roscosmos Claims That Bridenstine Will Meet Rogozin – In Russia
NASA’s head confirms readiness to visit Russia, TASS “During the conversation, Dmitry Rogozin and Jim Bridenstine stressed that Roscosmos and NASA are committed to the goal of space exploration,” Roscosmos […]
Posted inWorkforce
Shutdowns and Dream Jobs
Experts worry government shutdowns will drive NASA employees to the private sector, Houston Chronicle “But Keith Cowing, editor of NASA Watch, a website devoted to space news, suspects the duration […]
Posted inShutdown
NASA Shutdown Update (Revised)
Washington, DC Area Applies to: Monday, January 14, 2019 “STATUS: OFFICE CLOSURE FEDERAL OFFICES in the Washington, DC area are CLOSED. Emergency employees and telework employees continue to work.” Greenbelt […]