Keith’s note: On 19 May 2009 at 6:15 pm EDT (20 May 4:00 am Nepal time) Astronaut Scott Parazynski stood on top of the world with piece of the Moon. My old, officially voided, damaged NASA badge (and a picture of astronaut Sunni Williams’ dog Gorby) went along while Miles O’Brien served as our news anchor back in New York. Each of us has gone through a lot in the […]

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Keith’s note: This is an interview I did on “Newsday” on the BBC World Service 7 June 2017 on NASA’s FY 2018 budget and proposed cuts made to Earth and climate missions by the Trump Administration.

Keith Cowing, editor of NASAWatch appeared tonight in a PBS NewsHour segment titled How scientists are scrambling to safeguard vital environmental data (video link)

NASAWatch’s Keith Cowing is The Agency’s Biggest Critic and Most Obsessed Fan, Inverse “Despite the small staff, the website pushes out content daily, and a lot of it … it has a small but influential audience of NASA employees, policy makers, and the requisite amount of fellow space geeks. … [with regard to critics] These types of scuffles, to Cowing, are “junior high sort of stuff,” yet owns up to […]

NASA Mission: Orion’s Next Step, NPR Morning Edition “The space agency hopes the Orion capsule, which has been transported to the Kennedy Space Center, will one day take astronauts to the moon and Mars. The program, however, faces budget challenges.” Keith’s note: My little bit of snark is included toward the end of this story.

Keith’s note: I’ll be a guest on HuffPost Live: What Would A Colony On Mars Look Like? at 2:30 pm EDT “American astronaut Buzz Aldrin says the U.S. and NASA should focus on establishing a permanent colony on Mars by 2040. How likely is a future that include humans actually living on Mars? Should we be allocating our resources to this endeavor?”

Photo: Region Around Mt. Everest As Seen From Orbit Keith’s note: This image was aquired by the ISS crew on 6 January 2011. Although the summit if Everest itself is just out of frame, you can see Everest Base Camp where Scott Parazynski lived and most of the lower portion of Scott’s climb to the summit. Basecamp is about half a kilometer from the bottom of the Khumbu icefall and […]

“Keith Cowing talks about the kind of hacks made famous by the Apollo 13 mission, instances where the crew had to improvise using materials at hand. He discusses the following: Skylab Rescue – the umbrella used to replace solar insulation and boating tools bought at a local marina; Syncom Rescue – tools made out of plastic and duct tape; Apollo 13 CO2 removal, use of LEM engine, etc.; Apollo lunar […]

NASA Advisory Council Education and Public Outreach Subcommittee Meeting (17 Feb 2010) Agenda: “- Associate Administrator for Public Affairs Briefing. – Discussion of Social Media Opportunities and Challenges. – Associate Administrator for Education Briefing. – Discussion of Opportunities and Challenges to Reach K-12 Students. – Discussion of how to Organize the Committee Work Plan.” Keith’s note: All of these NAC committee and subcommittee meetings are almost always held in a […]