PETA Protests NASA Plan to Radiate Monkeys, Scripps Howard Foundation Wire “A man in an astronaut suit stood outside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Thursday morning. Normal enough, […]
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Congressional Hearing on Safety
Prepared Statements Gabrielle Giffords Bretton Alexander Joseph Fragola Jeff Hanley John Marshall Bryan O’Connor Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Thomas Stafford House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Hearing Ensuring the Safety of Human […]
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Badge Update
NASA’s PIV project didn’t meet fed rules “NASA’s Office of Inspector General released a report stating that the agency didn’t fully comply with federal regulations for the issuance of PIV […]
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ASAP Report Released
NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report “The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2007 Annual Report. The report examines NASA’s safety performance and advises the […]
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Insight Into Soyuz Ballistic Reentry
Internal NASA Documents Give Clues to Scary Soyuz Return Flight, IEEE Spectrum “Although the technical investigation will take weeks to resolve, NASA and Russian engineers have come to several credible […]
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NASA Feedback: Security at NASA: Very Broken
Man Kills Hostage, Self at NASA Building, AP“The gunman was able to take a snub-nosed revolver past NASA security and barricade himself in the building, which houses communications and tracking […]
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When NASA Doesn't Trust Those They Send Into Space
The Curious Use of Combination Locks By NASA During Space Shuttle Missions, SpaceRef“Given the recent problems Lisa Nowak experienced – problems that emerged only months after she flew on a […]
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Making Risky Decisions
NASA Strategic Management Council Meeting: Who Decides About Taking On Risk?“Griffin sees no institutional element as having veto power; he is not willing to cede the authority of the administrator […]
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NESC Break Up Begins
NASA Announces New Cleveland Safety Center“The center will complement the NASA Engineering and Safety Center based at Langley. Both centers will support safety but have separate and independent supervisory chains […]
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Safe Haven Documents Released (Finally)
Editor’s note: In response to a request by NASA Watch three weeks ago, NASA has posted the following Contingency Shuttle Crew Support (CSCS) (Safe Haven) Documents on its website: CSCS/Rescue […]