Geneva Barrington Barnes (Gennie), age 89 of Greensboro, NC (formerly of Silver Spring, MD) died of dementia Monday evening in Kernersville, NC. Gennie found her calling working for NASA starting […]
2023
Posted inNASA Culture, News
NASA Has A New PAO Contractor
Keith’s note: According to NASA PAO: “NASA has selected PCI Productions LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to manage communication services for all agency centers including headquarters, as well as its mission […]
Posted inAstronauts, Commercialization, ISS News, News
NASAWatch on i24: Crew-6 And Space Exploration
Keith’s note: A few minutes ago I spoke with i24 TV news in Israel about the launch of Crew-6 and the trip by Sultan Al Neyadi who will be the […]
Posted inBiden Space, News, Policy
Yet Another Do-Nothing UAG Meeting
Keith’s note: A week ago the National Space Council User’s Advisory Group held a meeting. They said that they’d get everything online. It has been a week. All that is […]
Posted inAstrobiology, News
Jack Farmer
Keith’s note: Back in the mid 1980s, when I was working at the Life Science Division at NASA HQ, I met Jack Farmer. He was only a few years older […]
Posted inAstronomy, News, Personnel News, Space & Planetary Science
Nicola Fox Is The New Science Mission Directorate AA
According to NASA PAO: “Fox began her NASA career in 2018 leading the Heliophysics Division, overseeing the agencyâs efforts to study the Sun and how its constant solar wind affects […]
Posted inArtemis, Astronauts, Education, News
NASA Does Not Really Understand The Artemis Generation Thing
Keith’s note: If NASA PAO really wanted to convey the essence of the Artemis Generation meme and its incredible soft power potential they’d use @NASA Twitter to retweet simple, joyful, […]
Posted inBiden Space, News, Policy
Yet Another Pointless Users’ Advisory Group Meeting
Keith’s note: The National Space Council (NSpC) Users’ Advisory Group (UAG) Is meeting on Thursday 23 February from 9:00 am – 1:15 pm EST at the JW Marriott Hotel in […]
Posted inBudget, Congress, News
Let’s Cut All That Woke NASA Science Stuff
Keith’s note: Some former Trump people like former OMB director Russell Vought are running around saying NASA is too “woke” so its OK to cut the NASA science budget by […]
Posted inCongress, Election 2024, News
George Whitesides Announces Congressional Campaign For CA-27
“Today, former NASA Chief of Staff and Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides announced his candidacy for Congress in Californiaâs 27th congressional district. Whitesides served as Virgin Galacticâs first CEO, and […]