NASA SMD Memo: Status of Planetary’s Research and Analysis (R&A) Program “In order to maintain our fiscal responsibilities this situation demands that the Planetary Science Division Program Officers not over […]
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The HLV Cost Information NASA Decided Not To Give To Congress
Click on Image to enlarge “Cost and Schedule of Shuttle sidemount compared with HEFT alternatives. This is the only HLV option that meets all legal requirements and fits within the […]
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Rep. Hall Comes Out The Gate Swinging
Chairman Hall Assures Close Oversight og NASA Human Space Flight Program “The report recently provided to Congress by NASA on its heavy lift development is only the beginning of a […]
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NASA OIG Letter to Congress on Constellation Spending
NASA OIG Letter Regarding Constellation Program and 2010 NASA Authorization Act “The Inspector General Act of 1978 directs Federal Inspectors General to, among other things, “review existing and proposed legislation […]
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Notable Space Quotes From 2010
AIP FYI Number 1: January 6, 2011 Of Note: Selected Quotations from FYI in 2010 “I will never be able to save all the jobs.” – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden […]
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NASA Budget News Is Still Grim
US science faces big chill, Nature “Keith Cowing, editor of NASAWatch.com, says it is hard to see how NASA can finance the shuttle flight while juggling everything else. “It’s like […]
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Congress Still Funds a Cancelled Rocket
NASA spending $500 million for canceled rocket, Orlando Sentinel “Thanks to congressional inaction, NASA must continue to fund its defunct Ares I rocket program until March — a requirement that […]
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Senate CR Proposal Is Not Good News For NASA (Update)
Senate Appropriations Committee: Summary of Continuing Resolution through March 4, 2011 “Under the CR, funding would continue at FY 2010 enacted levels for most programs.” Senate Nears Deal on Funding […]
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Budget Update
House Passes Short-term CR, Space News “The U.S. House of Representatives approved a short-term spending measure to continue funding the federal government at 2010 levels through Dec. 21. If approved […]
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House Passes CR – NASA Details
House Passes Year-Long CR, NASA Would Get $18.9 Billion, Space Policy online “CR’s typically extend an agency’s existing budget for a certain period of time, but the version passed yesterday […]