Keith’s note: According to her Wikipedia page Lesa Roe “is currently serving as the Acting Deputy Administrator of NASA. Roe is also the Deputy Associate Administrator of NASA, being in […]
Transition
Posted inCulture
Maybe Wayne Hale Should Be NASA Administrator
King for a Day, Wayne Hale “Many of my old friends and colleagues are asking me a question these days: “If you were NASA Administrator, what would you have the […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
TrumpSpace Update
Expect changes in the "beachhead" team @NASA HQ in the coming weeks as frustrated participants give up due to lack of direction at #NASA pic.twitter.com/K3Kf71GGkd — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February […]
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Possible NASA Administrator Bridenstine Wants To Fight North Korea
Exclusive – Rep. Bridenstine: Shoot the Next One Down, Mr. President, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, Breitbart “President Trump should order the Secretary of Defense to position American assets and shoot down […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Reinventing Government Yet Again
White House prepping government reorg executive order, Federal News Radio “The White House is preparing a new executive order to require agencies to plan and suggest ways to reorganize the […]
Posted inBudget
Alternative Budget Facts From The Planetary Society
Trump’s Advisers Want to Return Humans to the Moon in Three Years, The Atlantic “[Planetary Society’s Casey] Dreier cautions that the latest glimpse of potential Trump space policy may be […]
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Congress Seeks To Prevent Muzzling of Government Science
U.S. Senate bill aims to make sure federal scientists aren’t ‘muzzled’, Science “Congressional Democrats are rallying behind a bill to protect federal scientists from attempts to interfere with scientific discourse […]
Posted inCommercialization
Pro- and Anti-Commercial Space Factions Are Fighting
Trump advisers’ space plan: To moon, Mars and beyond, Politco “Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, another commercial space evangelist with close ties to Trump, is also pushing the White House […]
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Rep. Bridenstine Speaks at FAA Space Commercial Space Conference
As tweeted by @NASAWatch from the FAA Commercial Space Transportation conference in Washington, DC today: – Bridenstine: talking about Gene Cernan and his dream of sending Americans back to the […]
Posted inCongress
NASA Transition Authorization Act
Smith, Babin Urge Passage of NASA Transition Authorization Act, SpacePolicyOnline “Two top Republicans on the House Science, Space, and Technology (SS&T) Committee are urging quick passage of the 2017 NASA […]