Keith’s note: according to U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators from Science Magazine: “Grants managers at two of the U.S. government’s largest funders of scientific research […]
Keith Cowing
Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member 🖖🏻
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Starship V 3.0 First Flight
Keith’s note: The V 3.0 edition of the SpaceX Starship made its maiden flight tonight. The first stage with its sexy new Raptor 3 engines and total vehicle redesign did […]
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NASA Reboot Memo From Jared Isaacman (long)
Keith’s note: Here it is: Jared Isaacman’s Magnum Opus 2.0 on how to reorganize and reboot NASA. Typos are mine not Jared’s. Oh yes – the picture, well … early […]
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NASA Will Compete JPL’s Management Contract
Keith’s note: NASA just issued this press release: “NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) […]
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NASA Announces Massive Agency Realignment
Keith’s note: NASA Just issued this: “NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to […]
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Matt Anderson Is The New NASA Deputy Administrator
Keith’s note: the following was sent by NASA Administrator Isaacman to the NASA work force up on the swearing in of Matt Anderson to be NASA Deputy Administrator: “NASA Team, […]
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The Disassembly Of The NASA Advisory Council
Keith’s note: According to this news story the NASA Advisory Council is being disassembled. No mention has been made by NASA if it will continue to exist/function, who will be […]
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House Committee Claims Possible NASA/China Interactions
Keith’s note: according to a press release from the Select Committee on China: “The committee’s report, Research Security for America’s Future in Space: NASA’s Enforcement of the Wolf Amendment, reviewed […]
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Does CASIS Need To Exist after 2030?
Keith’s note: Depending on what effort is in motion, ISS will be shut down in 2030. Maybe a year or two later. There was a session at AIAA ASCEND today […]
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Senate Confirms Matthew Anderson as NASA Deputy Administrator
Keith’s Note: NASA press release: The United States Senate today voted to confirm Matthew Anderson, Col, USAF, Ret., as the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). […]