Obama’s plans for NASA changes met with harsh criticism, Washington Post “Congress must approve NASA’s strategic change. Lawmakers in Florida, Alabama and Texas, states rich in space jobs, have sharply […]
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More Shuttle Flights? Just Send Money
Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA, AFP “The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA’s September 30 deadline if the money is made […]
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Changes at USA
Keith’s note: Sources report that Dick Covey announced his retirement as the head of United Space Alliance this morning.
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Florida Fires Back
Florida legislators blast new NASA plan, Orlando Sentinel “Aides to U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, the Rockledge Republican who organized the letter campaign, said every Florida lawmaker now has agreed to […]
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Astronaut Office Thoughts on Going Commercial
NASA JSC Memo: Commercial-Crew Vehicle Transition Concepts 1 March 2010 “The President’s 201 1 Budget Proposal which was unveiled on February 8, 2010, places an emphasis on commercial vehicles “to […]
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Congress Starts To Seek Policy Compromises
Hutchison Introduces Bill to Close Gap in U.S. Spaceflight “Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today introduced legislation to close the […]
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KSC Job Loss Update
Space Workers Rally To Save Their Jobs, Channel 13 “Lew Jamieson is the president of the Machinist Union at the Kennedy Space Center. He’s been there for 32 years. “It’s […]
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In The End Its Only About Jobs, Right?
Q&A: Plans for NASA would bring significant changes to Space Coast, Florida Today “Our real concern is Main Street: the guys who are going to see a reduction in their […]
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Hesitation or Common Sense From Inside JSC?
NASA JSC Advanced Planning Office Blog: Pass the Baton or Short Track Speed Skater Push, NASA Blogs “Therefore for me it is not a question of how do we handoff […]
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands
According to NASA: “Space shuttle Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center. A post-landing news conference with managers at Kennedy is expected no earlier than midnight ET on NASA TV and […]