Researchers reel from defunding of only UC-owned observatory, The Daily Californian “[Alex] Filippenko and other researchers blame fellow astronomer Steven Beckwith, the former UC vice president of research and graduate […]
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NASA OIG Makes SOFIA Reccommendations
NASA OIG: SOFIA: NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy “We found that despite substantial delays in reaching operational capacity, SOFIA remains capable of contributing to the scientific body of knowledge […]
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First Tremors of the Big Bang Detected
First Direct Evidence of Cosmic Inflation, HSCFSA “Researchers from the BICEP2 collaboration today announced the first direct evidence for this cosmic inflation. Their data also represent the first images of […]
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NASA's Confusing Stance on SOFIA (Update: DLR is Angry)
SOFIA … eine Erfolgsgeschichte ist in Gefahr (in German), January Wörners Blog, DLR [translation] “As part of the current budget statement of NASA it has now let announced from Washington […]
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Scolese: Webb Cost Overrun was a "Hiccup"
NASA GSFC center director Chris Scolese just refered to #JWST cost overrun as "that little hiccup a while back" #clueless — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 3, 2014 Mikulski on #JWST […]
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GAO Expresses Concern Over Webb Technical, Cost, & Schedule Challenges
James Webb State Telescope: Meeting Commitments but Technical, Cost, & Schedule Challenges Could Affect Continued Progress, GAO “Overall the project is maintaining a significant amount of cost reserves; however, low […]
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Astronomers Dump on NASA About China When Congress Is To Blame
US scientists boycott Nasa conference over China ban, Guardian “Nasa officials rejected applications from Chinese nationals who hoped to attend the meeting at the agency’s Ames research centre in California […]
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Hearing: Exoplanet Discoveries: Have We Found Other Earths?
Hearing charter “The purpose of the hearing is to review the recent discovery of three super-Earth sized planets by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Kepler space telescope. The […]
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Astronomers Lobby Congress
American Astronomers Call on Congress to Support Investments in Research and Development, AAS “The AAS delegation was part of a group of more than 200 scientists, engineers, and business leaders […]
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Webb Continues to Eat SMD's Lunch
James Webb Space Telescope squeezing budget, NASA official says, LA Times “We are operating in a zero sum game right now,” [Paul] Hertz said. The talk comes as James Webb’s […]