Federal Acquisition Regulation; Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication, NASA et al “DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the FAR to delete the use of the terms […]
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Apollo On Sleeping Pills
Kennedy’s vision for NASA inspired greatness, then stagnation, Ars Technica “Perhaps the best insight into Kennedy’s motives can be found in a recording of a November 21, 1962 meeting in […]
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JSC Oral History Project Shut Down
Keith’s note: JSC announced recently they were terminating the Oral History Project that has been ongoing for several decades. People working on the project have received lay-off notices. Have a […]
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Sluggish Old NASA Has Forgotten Its Younger Self
NASA chief: Apollo engineers who criticize SLS don’t grok modern rocketry, Ars Technica “Bolden then reiterated that Kraft knew more than him about rockets, but he again qualified this praise: […]
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John Newcomb
NASA Langley Engineer and Author John Newcomb Dies “An engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center during the critical Apollo years and those that successfully landed Viking on Mars, John Foster […]
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A New Look At NASA's Past
Janelle Monae Will Co-Star in a Movie About the Women Behind the Space Program, Gizmodo “This is amazing. One of our favorite musicians, Janelle Monae is co-starring in a movie […]
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Nancy Reagan, Alzheimer's, and NASA
Nancy Reagan has died. pic.twitter.com/vaJNblJbKc — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 6, 2016 Keith’s note: Nancy Reagan has died. Thus turns the final page from an era wherein space exploration was […]
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Revisionist Millennial Musing by Amy Shira Teitel About The V-2 Rocket
Was The V-2 a Nazi Weapon?, Popular Science “The short answer is that, no, the V-2 wasn’t strictly speaking a Nazi weapon. The long answer is more complicated, and a […]
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Remembering Fred Durant, George Mueller, and Bob Farquhar
Fred Durant, George Mueller, and Bob Farquhar Honored at The Smithsonian “There are three displays presently located in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC honoring Fred Durant, […]
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More NASA History Destroyed in Alabama (Update)
Heroic Junkyard Owner Says He Saved Priceless Moon Rover From Scrap Heap, Motherboard “Tuesday, we told the sad story of a prototype NASA lunar rover that was sold by an […]