Keith’s note: NASAWatch turns 30 on 1 Apr 2026 (not a joke). It started as “NASA RIFWatch” on 1 Apr 1996 with this post “RIF at NASA In Summer 1997?”. The website was first hosted on a Mac Classic II on a 128 kbps ISDN line in a little condo in Reston, Virginia (see 20 Years Ago Today: The Seeds of NASAWatch). I sincerely doubt there will be many future birthdays for this website – under my editing. Meanwhile Dan Goldin and I have a friendly interaction going over on LinkedIn 😲. Meanwhile, here are a few things from those early days that are still online:
- Rogue Webmasters, Government Executive, 1 Oct 1996
- NASA’s Most Important Asset, Gerry Griffin, 31 December 1996
- Changes in Thinking At NASA November 29, 1996, PBS News Hour
