Keith’s note: From the NASA GSFC Facebook page: “We are mourning the sudden loss of Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson this week. Gail has been part of NASA Earth science since 1997. She was a brilliant, deeply principled, and passionate scientist, beloved coworker, and friend. We send our condolences to Gail’s family and honor Gail by continuing to commit to our mission as she did during her time with us. Her impact […]

@KathyLueders is clueless. I hope someone cleans up this comment and resets her ignorance in this regard. WRT @NASA space is clearly not a place where those with disabilities are welcome. At a minimum she could take a lesson from @ESA in this regard https://t.co/CToC53XyW6 https://t.co/LteRWrratn — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 13, 2021 If @KathyLueders is praising @ESA for their disability-related efforts in space – then perhaps she can explain […]

11 September 2001: Bad news from Earth, New Moon Rising – SpaceRef Larger image “The news from Earth that morning wasn’t good. Frank Culbertson would soon find that some of the day’s pre-planned routine would be altered. As soon as he was told of the attacks, Culbertson checked to see when they would be passing over the east coast of the U.S. Discovering that this was only some minutes away, […]

Keith’s note: I have lived in the Metro Washington DC area for 33 years – more than half my life. When I first moved to DC to work at NASA HQ I lived in Pentagon City directly across from the Pentagon in the River House III apartment building. The Pentagon was what I saw outside my window every single day. In the afternoons after work I often used to run […]

Keith’s note: NASA PAO just sent me this statement on the NASA Kennedy and NASA HQ security events which were connected after all. FWIW sources inside NASA say that the false alarm happened when a mistake was made in a training exercise in advance of a formal training event next week at NASA HQ as we reported earlier. “A false alarm indicating an active shooter was set off at 11:05 […]

When the 2 people who take turns being the richest person on Earth engage in trash talking over space commerce that must mean that the potential for the expanding utilization of space is now very real. Otherwise why would they be arguing about it like this? @ElonMusk @JeffBezos pic.twitter.com/qND2iagueJ — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 10, 2021 – Elon Musk is dominating the space race. Jeff Bezos is trying to fight […]

Biden to announce that all federal workers must be vaccinated, with no option for testing, AP “President Joe Biden on Thursday will impose more stringent vaccine rules on federal workers, and take steps to encourage private businesses to do the same, during a major speech meant to lay out a new approach to combating the coronavirus. Among the steps the President will take is signing an executive order requiring all […]

Keith’s note: NASA makes an announcement about three of its employees with Hispanic heritage – in association with an organization that focuses on hispanic heritage. NASA has told me that they have an in-house ability to easily translate releases into Spanish. So, what does NASA PAO do with a press release that could be – should be – issued in Spanish goes out? No translation. Go figure. You'd think @NASA […]

NASA OIG: NASA’s Construction Of Facilities “… The process also does not effectively utilize business cases for Agency-level prioritization, despite their value towards providing the required business need and justification for initiating projects in terms of a cost-benefit analysis. Moreover, assumptions such as the scope of the projects used in the Agency’s business cases did not consistently match the actual scope of the approved projects. For energy savings projects costing […]

#NASA PAO will continue to ignore an immense #softpower capability that NASA quietly developed over the past 10 yr. You'd think that @Pinballme Marc Etkind, the Biden pick to run @NASA outreach with his global TV experience, would see this potential & run with it #BuildBackBetter https://t.co/BiIhwrcJ4p — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) September 8, 2021