Which track for NASA?, Huntsville Times “President Barack Obama plans to affirm his administration’s commitment to space exploration and NASA next month in Florida, the White House said Monday, but […]
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The Politics of Uphill Battles
Texas’ NASA fight soars even as state’s clout fades, Houston Chronicle “And although thousands of Houston-area jobs are at stake, Texans in 2008 did nothing to help usher Barack Obama […]
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Can't We All Just Get Along?
Keith’s note: While commentary over the past few weeks has been spirited, it has been more or less civil. However, in the past few days I have had readers try […]
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Alabama Political Donations Go National
Its space jobs in jeopardy, Ala. comes a-courtin’, Baltimore Sun “From the Alabama space community, Mikulski received $14,400 from Francisco J. Collazo of COLSA Corp., a contractor on NASA’s moon […]
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Local Political Reaction Continues
Houston mayor plans visit with NASA chief, Bay Area Citizen “Houston Mayor Annise Parker will take the community’s fight to save the Constellation program straight to NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden […]
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Show Us The Money
Garver: Battle Over Obama Plan Imperils NASABudget Growth, Space News “Think of it this way: If you are focused on getting the Constellation budget continued in the future — and […]
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Conflicting and Colliding Messages Regarding "Plan B"
Shelby has frank discussion with NASA Administrator, WAFF “A frank discussion took place on Capitol Hill Thursday between Senator Richard Shelby and NASA administrator Charlie Bolden. It took place behind […]
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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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Congressional Flak on NASA's Plans
NASA Gets Flak on New Course, Wall Street Journal “Criticism of Mr. Bolden’s actions came from unexpected directions. Various lawmakers typically supportive of NASA requests said they were “floored” or […]
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Space Policy: No Love On The Hill
NASA Plan Falls Flat In Congress, Aviation Week “Objections to it fall into two broad categories — the lack of a clear objective in space for the new program, and […]