Keith’s note: A hearing by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology yesterday competed with another hearing being held simultaneously by the Senate Commerce Committee. Not much happened in the House hearing other than the usual routine posturing by both sides. The main topic of discussion was the future of the ISS. Bill Gertsenmaier repeated the same incomplete jingos used concocted by NASA to describe how NASA somehow expects […]
Hearing: Global Space Race: Ensuring the United States Remains the Leader in Space “U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, will convene a hearing titled “Global Space Race: Ensuring the United States Remains the Leader in Space,” at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Witnesses: The Honorable James Bridenstine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration” Hearing: 60 Years of NASA Leadership in […]
Watch live starting at 1:45 pm EDT Mike Pence to headline Houston-area fundraiser for U.S. Rep. John Culberson, Texas Tribune (9 August) “Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Texas later this month to help raise money for U.S. Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, amid a tough re-election fight. Pence will headline a fundraiser for Culberson on Aug. 23 in the Houston area, according to an invitation obtained by The Texas […]
Cruz, Nelson: Congress, And Only Congress, WIll Decide When To End Funding For ISS, Space Policy Online “Cruz grilled Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, on why NASA missed the statutory deadline to submit the ISS Transition Report. He also demanded to know why NASA had not provided all drafts that were sent from NASA to the White House and rejected as he and Nelson requested […]
Live tweeted on @NASAWatch via a Facebook live feed from the FAA Commercial Space Conference underway in Washington DC Cruz: said that he re-enacted this scene from #StarTrek and no one in his office knew what he was talking about #FAACST2018 #FAASpace pic.twitter.com/VcDKQcX1b0 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) February 7, 2018 Cruz: every day that Bridenstine not confirmed is harmfull for NASA and our nation. Hope we move to confirm him […]
‘Space Guy’ Jeb Bush Would Increase Funding To NASA, Huff Post “If elected president in 2016, Jeb Bush would propose an increase in funding to NASA. “I’m a space guy,” Bush said in a Wednesday sit-down with the New Hampshire Union Leader’s editorial board. The former of governor of Florida, where a large portion of the country’s aerospace industry resides, said he would also support increasing federal spending on research […]
CNN reports that one of @SenTedCruz presidential campaign themes is "NASA's main focus on space exploration" — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 23, 2015
Cruz presses NASA to ignore climate crisis, MSNBC “During a subcommittee hearing on NASA’s budget, Cruz asked Bolden to explain the agency’s core mission. Our core mission from the very beginning has been to investigate, explore space and the Earth environment, and to help us make this place a better place,” Bolden replied. Cruz, true to form, balked at the “Earth environment” part.” NASA chief has perfect comeback to Ted […]
Ted Cruz’s control of Senate science panel triggers some anxiety, McClatchy via Fresno Bee “Keith Cowing, editor of NASA Watch, a blog that monitors agency activities and offers commentary, said there had been a very strong reaction in the space community to Cruz’s new position. “It’s half-grounded in truth and half in hysteria,” said Cowing, an astrobiologist and former NASA employee. Cruz, meanwhile, is bullish about NASA concentrating on its […]
Sen. Cruz: Focus NASA on Its Core Mission: Exploring Space, and More of It “Texas has a major stake in space exploration. Our space program marks the frontier of future technologies for defense, communications, transportation and more, and our mindset should be focused on NASA’s primary mission: exploring space and developing the wealth of new technologies that stem from its exploration. And commercial space exploration presents important new opportunities for […]
