Keith’s note: This email/memo was sent from Christopher Strickland’s official NASA email account at 10:57 am EDT today to more than 30 individuals – all at their official NASA email […]
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Looming Crisis In Earth Observation
NASA Budget Would Be More of the Same … on the Surface, National Journal “Unfortunately, the Committee has lost confidence in NOAA’s ability to control procurement costs or articulate reliable […]
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NASA Employee Slams Obama on Climate
NASA’s James Hansen Slams Obama’s Failure to Lead on Climate, Rolling Stone “President Obama can’t catch a break: Just when he gets right with the gays, the greens come after […]
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NASA's Non-Expert Climate Experts
From a Boy Who Loved NASA: How 49 Heroes Lost the Right Stuff and Sullied Their Names, Huffington Post “I guess it shouldn’t have surprised me these gentlemen — 49 […]
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JSC Human Space Flight Vets Complain About NASA's Climate Change Position (Update)
Former NASA scientists, astronauts admonish agency on climate change position, Science and Public Policy Institute “49 former NASA scientists and astronauts sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden last […]
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Bright Night Skies Over Wallops
NASA Successfully Launches Five Rockets from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia “NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part […]
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Suomi's Stunning View From Space
Image: Suomi NPP’s View of North America “Suomi NPP’s VIIRS instrument returned this hi-resolution full-disc image of the Earth from several passes made Jan. 4, 2012. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting […]
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House Republican Deficit Recommendations
Republicans Send Deficit Reduction Recommendations to Select Committee (NASA excerpts) “Cancellation of OCO-2 mission … Reduce by 20% “Other Missions and Data Analysis” account within the Earth Systematic Missions … […]
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Ron Garan's Earth Gazing – Who Is Actually In Charge of NASA Public Affairs?
Photo: Ron Garan’s Last Day in Space @ASTRO_RON: “How I spent my last day in space. That’s me in the cupola of the International Space Station off the coast of […]
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Stunning View of an Algal Bloom In The Barents Sea
Photo: Algal Bloom In The Barents Sea As Seen From Space “The phytoplankton bloom pictured in this Envisat image stretches across the Barents Sea off the coast of mainland Europe’s […]