Keith’s note: A media question asked the crew about the removal of the initial “First woman and first person of color” aspirational tag line for Artemis from all NASA websites […]
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NASA Force Job Applications
Keith’s note: According to the NASA Force page: “NASA Force is a new hiring initiative—developed in partnership with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management … Highly skilled early- to mid- […]
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Dave Mobley
Keith’s note: I received notice that Dave Mobley from NASA Marshall died in February and that there is a celebration of life on 12 May 2026 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm […]
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Science Reorganization Planning At NASA Ames
Keith’s note: there’s some plans in under serious consideration at NASA Ames to do some “phone book updates” aka organizational changes. Most notable is the flattening of the ARC Science […]
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NASA Is Losing Its Climate Expertise
Keith’s note: Dr. Kate Marvel at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (gutted by NASA and DOGE) has left the agency. According to E&E News “Kate Marvel announced Tuesday that […]
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Ed Campion
Keith’s note: This was posted on Ed Campion’s Facebook page: “Dear Ed’s Facebook friends, Ed passed away peacefully on Thursday 3/19 after a long illness. His family is deeply saddened […]
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Announcing “NASA Front Door”
Keith’s note: An interesting ‘Notice of new information collection‘ from NASA appeared in the Federal Register this morning about the “NASA Front Door”. It is not totally clear as to […]
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NASA’s Slow Motion Union Erasure
Keith’s Note: According to GovExec: “While NASA has yet to formally terminate its contract with IFPTE, it has begun unilaterally changing employees’ personnel files to label their positions as ineligible […]
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Buyouts And Hiring At NASA
Keith’s note: The Houston Chronicle took a look at 2025 layoffs and the newly-announced NASA Force. “Accepting the buyout was a difficult decision for many NASA employees. Keith Cowing, a […]
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Rebuilding Core Competencies Within NASA
Keith’s note: Jared Isaacman spoke at the a16z event about the lack of core competencies and extensive outsourcing at NASA is “why we’re $100 billion deep into [Artemis]”and how OPM […]