Breaking: Federal judge rules against Blue Origin in its lawsuit to overturn SpaceX's moon lander contract. pic.twitter.com/sps9cfP39f — Joey Roulette (@joroulette) November 4, 2021 NASA Statement on Artemis Lunar Lander […]
2021
Posted inBiden Space
After 9 Months Biden's Space Policy Is Totally TBD
Keith’s note: In case you have not noticed, Joe Biden has stopped talking about Moon rocks and Mars Helicopters or NASA. But he does allude to “winning the space race” […]
Posted inCulture
The First Truly Spacefaring Generation
The International Space Station has been operating non-stop in space for 21 years. This is how much of America has never known a time when humans were not living in […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Astrobiology News From Mars That NASA Forgot to Tell You About
Organic molecules revealed in Mars’s Bagnold Dunes by Curiosity’s derivatization experiment, Nature Astronomy ” .. No amino-acid derivatives were detected. However, chemically derivatized benzoic acid and ammonia were detected. Mass […]
Posted inPersonnel News
NASA Headquarters Is Rearranging Itself – Again
New Roles, Combined Offices for NASA Administrator Leadership Team “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is announcing new leadership roles, as well as the merging of two offices into the Office of […]
Posted inCommercialization
Talking About SpaceX And NASA On Newsy
How Commercial Companies Are Advancing Space Exploration, Newsy “He says, ‘I want to die on Mars, just not on impact,’” editor for Spaceref.com Keith Cowing said. “I’ve known Elon forever, […]
Posted inCongress
Bill Nelson's Notional Budget Windfall Has Evaporated
Revised budget reconciliation package reduces NASA infrastructure funds, Space News “A new, scaled-back version of a spending package released Oct. 28 sharply reduced the money allocated to NASA infrastructure and […]
Posted inAstrobiology
An Astrobiology Expedition To Antarctica
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 29 October 2021: Heading Back To Untersee Oasis “While at Untersee Oasis, we will continue our studies of Lake Untersee and it’s stunningly beautiful […]
Posted inCommercialization
Would You Buy A Used Moon Rocket From NASA?
Exploration Production and Operations Long-Term Sustainability, NASA “The primary goals enabling this vision include 1) moving ESD programmatic implementation to a construct in which industry owns vehicle production and the […]
Posted inAstrobiology
NASA's Astrobiology Program Needs An Outreach Reset
Keith’s note: The official Twitter account for NASA SMD’s Astrobiology program @NASAAstrobio posted several tweets earlier today about a Astrobiology paper – and then deleted the tweets. Then they reposted […]