Keith’s note: Depending on what effort is in motion, ISS will be shut down in 2030. Maybe a year or two later. There was a session at AIAA ASCEND today […]
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AIAA’s Official Magazine Says That We’re Occupying Space As Colonizers
Keith’s note: AIAA’s official Magazine Aerospace America has just published “Occupation, even in orbit, is colonialism“. Really AIAA? Do AIAA members and member companies know that they’re complicit in the […]
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AIAA And NASA Limit Access To News Events (Update)
Keith’s 25 April further update: A recording of Monday’s Members-only AIAA telecon with NASA HEOMD AA Doug Loverro is now available for viewing here. Keith’s 21 April further update: While […]
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AIAA Moves Toward Diversity And Inclusion – Old Mindsets Persist
Keith’s note: Looks like AIAA is making a positive step in terms of inclusion and diversity according to a post by AIAA President Dan Dumbacher on the AIAA members messaging […]
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AIAA Responds To Diversity Concerns
AIAA Memo Regarding Diversity, AIAA “Increasing the diversity of the aerospace community and the future workforce has been–and continues to be–a mission priority for AIAA. We’ve been seeing improvements in […]
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AIAA Shuns Gender Diversity In Scholarship Selections
Is this for real? Did @aiaa just award all 10 of their graduate scholarships to men? In the last 3-years, ~500 collegiate women in aerospace have applied to the @owensfellowship […]
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National Space Council Plans Another Scripted Event (Update)
Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council March 26 in Huntsville “On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. CDT, Vice President Mike Pence will chair the fifth meeting of […]
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Yet Another Space Organization White Paper
Coalition of Space Organizations to Release White Paper: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in Space, AIAA “A coalition of 13 space organizations will release its white paper, “Ensuring U.S. Leadership in Space.” […]
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Government Travel Rules Still Hamper NASA
The bind on federal travel, Sandra Magnus/AIAA, Washington Post “In response to the new rules, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has joined with more than 100 scientific […]
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NASA's Goofy New Asteroid Mission Strategy: Don't Worry – Be Happy (Update)
NASA officials talk challenges, and thrills, of capturing an asteroid, LA Times “Having trouble getting excited about NASA’s planned mission to redirect an asteroid? Maybe William Gerstenmaier can help. “Turn […]