Today @POTUS science advisor @EricLander46 and @WHOSTP announced the membership of #PCAST which oversees all of America's science & tech activities – including @NASA. Did #NASA even bother to mention this? Of course not. #BuildBackBetter #ScienceIsBack https://t.co/lId3KhKTYB — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 22, 2021

Former Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, longtime CNY advocate and Utica native, dies at 84, Observer Dispatch “Former Republican U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert died Monday at age 84, according to a statement from his former staff. Boehlert served in the House of Representatives for 24 years between 1983 and 2007 in three congressional districts in Central New York. The Utica native and New Hartford resident served as chair of the House Committee […]

NASA Invites Media to Discuss Future of NASA “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other senior agency leaders will host an employee town hall for all civil servant and contractor employees at noon EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 21, to provide updates about the agency’s human spaceflight programs, projects, and activities to the workforce. The town hall will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, the agency’s website, and multiple agency social […]

NASA Leadership Positions Agency for Future, 21 September 2021 “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday the agency is creating two new mission directorates that will best position the agency for the next 20 years. The move separates the agency’s current Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate into the new Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) and Space Operations Mission Directorate. NASA is making the changes because of increasing space operations […]

Hearing NASA’s Future in Low Earth Orbit: Considerations for International Space Station Extension and Transition Statements: – Rep. Don Beyer – Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson – Robyn Gatens, NASA – Kate Rubins, NASA – Jeffrey Manber, Nanoracks – Todd Harrison, CSIS – William Shepherd (USN, Ret) Keith’s note: I will be live tweeting of the hearing at @SpaceRef

And the #Inspiration4 crew is using their legs in 1G again after 3 days in ZeroG pic.twitter.com/9ytQ45DYuc — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 18, 2021

Federal workers can be fired for refusing vaccination, but must show up to work until their cases are determined, new guidance says, Washington Post “Federal employees can be fired for refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but as their disciplinary cases wind through the system, they will report to work alongside vaccinated colleagues, according to Biden administration guidance issued this week. The new guidance to implement a vaccine mandate […]

Becoming an #astronaut is apparently rather boring for @ArceneauxHayley #inspiration4 pic.twitter.com/ga7QB1zduE — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 17, 2021

Keith’s note: Yesterday I was on Bloomberg Radio live – twice – doing launch commentary for their morning show in Asia and was on Deutsche Welle at 9:00 pm EDT. I was CNN New Day this morning morning to talk about the mission. I cut an interview on CGTN tomorrow afternoon about China’s space station crew’s return to Earth and … no doubt … talking to someone else about space […]

‘They could be your neighbors’ and they’re going to space. SpaceX gets ready to fly the Inspiration4 crew., Washington Post “But the Inspiration4 mission is of particular importance because three of the crew members are not wealthy, [Alan] Ladwig said. “They’re not billionaires,” he said. “They are people that could be our neighbors, people you went to school with, people you work with. And for them to get this opportunity […]