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Bobby Braun Leaving JPL for APL
Bobby Braun Leaving JPL for APL

NASA JPL Memo: Bobby Braun Departing JPL “Bobby Braun, Director for Planetary Science and Bren Professor of Aerospace at Caltech, has accepted the position of Space Exploration Sector Head of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and will be leaving JPL at the end of March 2022. Even as I am sad that the Lab is losing a great leader, I would like to congratulate Bobby on his new role […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 20, 2022
Bobby Braun Is Headed For JPL
Bobby Braun Is Headed For JPL

Personnel and Organizational Announcements, NASA JPL “I am very pleased to inform you that Bobby Braun will be joining the Laboratory Executive leadership team effective January 15, 2020 in this capacity. … Due to the increasingly integrated nature of NASA’s Planetary program, and to Bobby’s long experience with the Mars Program, we will conduct a study this fall to merge significant portions of the existing Mars Exploration Directorate (6X) into […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 30, 2019
NASA CTO Bobby Braun Is Leaving NASA

Keith’s Note: NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun will be leaving NASA soon. He has told his staff and others that he plans to depart. Braun fought hard to bring new technology into the way that NASA does things but was thwarted by the lack of a meaningful budget with which to accomplish this task. He worked very hard at his job – and at trying to make this transformation at […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 6, 2011
NASA's "Public" Technology Meetings That They Never Told the Public About

Q&A: NASA Tech Chief on ‘Sputnik’ Moments and Innovation, space.com “SPACE.com: What is NASA doing today to move technology along in this country? Braun: We are currently holding meetings with the National Research Council that are open to the public to discuss innovative technological ideas and insights that could influence the future of space exploration. We need help with prioritizing which technology NASA should pursue on a limited budget. We […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 31, 2011
NASA's Stealth Technology Roadmap Meetings

Keith’s note: This Tweet by @NASA_Technology (NASA office of Chief Technologist) just appeared: “The NRC kicks off review of NASA’s space tech roadmaps. Media Advisory: Future Tech for NASA Missions – Mtg Jan. 26 & 28 http://goo.gl/c2HaW“ Wow. Who knew. No mention was made by NASA until today that this event is happening – and the event is starting tomorrow. You have to wonder why these folks in Bobby Braun’s […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 25, 2011
NASA CTO's Stealth Online Partnering Tool

“Welcome to NASA’s On-line Partnering Tool! This application has been designed specifically to help you align your top interests with NASA’s most appropriate experts. As the interactive tool walks you through the path to partnership, you will be asked to identify your specialized areas of interest. If you don’t see an exact match please mark “other” and add additional details in the text box. Once you complete the tool’s questions, […]

  • NASA Watch
  • November 30, 2010
Three New Centennial Challenges

NASA Announces Three New Centennial Challenges “NASA announced three new Centennial Challenges Tuesday, with an overall prize purse of $5 million. NASA’s Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding. NASA sponsors prize competitions because the agency believes student teams, private companies of all sizes and citizen-inventors can provide creative solutions to problems of interest to NASA and the nation,” said Bobby […]

  • NASA Watch
  • July 13, 2010
Space Technology Industry Forum

NASA Chief Technologist Hosts Forum to Discuss New Space Technology Programs “NASA’s Office of the Chief Technologist will host a Space Technology Industry Forum at the University of Maryland on July 13-14 to discuss the agency’s proposed new space technology investments. The event will focus on the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget for NASA’s new Space Technology Programs. Representatives from industry, academia, and the federal government are invited to learn […]

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  • July 13, 2010