Keith’s note: Back in 2004 my late co-author Frank Siezten and I wrote a book “New Moon Rising” about the Vision for Space Exploration that was developed after the loss […]
Shuttle News
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Another NASA DEIA Thing To Purge (Update)
Keith’s 2 Jan 2025 update: I posted this a year ago. We are coming up on the agency’s Remembrance Day observations. We’re about to see humans return to the Moon. […]
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Shuttle Move Update
Keith’s note: This press release came out from Senator John Cornyn about a meeting with Jared Isaacman and then goes into a litany of complaints about retired space shuttle destinations: […]
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Right Stuff – And Wrong Stuff
Keith’s note: This is how a NASA person speaks truth to power. You can leave NASA but NASA never leaves you. It’s that ‘Right Stuff’ we all share. Senator Mark […]
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Eating Lunch In A Plywood Space Shuttle
Keith’s note: according to this LAist article: “The Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for a roughly 40,000-square-foot expansion that will include indoor and outdoor […]
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Space Shuttle Discovery Relocation Attempt Update
Keith’s note: Last week I posted some updates on the Space Shuttle Discovery relocation drama. I just got an update from the KeepTheShuttle folks about the attempt by Texas senators […]
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Senators Cruz and Cornyn Want To Chop Up Space Shuttle Discovery
Keith’s note: I just got an update from KeepTheShuttle. OMB wants NASA and the Smithsonian to figure out how to cut Space Shuttle Discovery apart into pieces to move it. […]
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Keep The Shuttle Update
Keith’s note: According to a press release from KeepTheShuttle: “the KeepTheShuttle team is pleased to report that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors just completed a unanimous and bipartisan vote […]
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Texas Is Engaged in Congressional Shuttle Rustling
Keith’s note: Instigated by Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn from Texas, Congress is moving ahead with a plan to take Space Shuttle Discovery (which has been deeded by law […]
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My STS-1 Story
Keith’s note: I had an interesting job at STS-1 – I was California Governor Jerry Brown’s advance man. I took a few days off from my job at Rockwell Downey […]