Draft Spending Bill Increases NASA’s Budget by $186M over 2010, Space News “The draft resolution also includes $1.2 billion for Lockheed Martin’s Orion crew capsule, $100 million more than called […]
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Congress on NASA: Skepticism and Indecision
Nelson: Obama administration is not ‘helping’ NASA, Orlando Sentinel “Tensions between U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and the White House openly erupted Wednesday when the Florida Democrat used a packed Senate […]
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CSF Vs Deficit Commission Over Commercial Space
Deficit Commission Errs, “Illustrative Cut” Would Outsource Human Spaceflight to Russia “The Commercial Spaceflight Federation, representing 37 companies employing thousands of Americans nationwide, released a statement opposing in the strongest […]
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NASA Fans: Get Ready for Lean Budgets
Election Adds To Space Policy Uncertainty, Aviation Week “Unless the post-election lame duck session – controlled by the outgoing Democratic majority – finds a way to fund the STS-135 mission, […]
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Reaction To White House Bill Signing
NASA Administrator Thanks President Obama and Congress for Agency’s New Direction Support “We will foster a growing commercial space transportation industry that will allow NASA to focus our efforts on […]
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A Snapshot of NASA Today
Layoffs Continue as NASA Slows Moon Program Spending, Space.com “Spending on Constellation, which includes development of the Ares I rocket and Orion crew capsule, is expected to decline as much […]
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Wayne Hale: OMB Strikes Again
ChasingAugustine, Wayne Hale “A couple of months later I was notified that I would receive a Group Achievement Award for helping with the [Augustine] committee. I told them I did […]
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Layoff Update
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off 45, AP “JPL spokesperson Veronical McGregor tells the Pasadena Star-News the layoffs will affect less than two percent of the total workforce of […]
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House Dems Give Up – Agree To Support "Flawed Bill"
Chairman Gordon Statement on House Consideration of NASA Reauthorization “I anticipate that the House will consider the Senate version of the NASA reauthorization on Wednesday. I still believe that the […]
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CSF Supports S.3729
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Strongly Supports Senate NASA Authorization Bill and Encourages Prompt Resolution Before New Fiscal Year Begins “The Commercial Spaceflight Federation strongly supports Senate bill S.3729, the NASA Authorization […]