Keith’s note: NASA has just published “Final rule – Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA– Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” in the Federal […]
DEIA
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Another NASA DEIA Thing To Purge (Update)
Keithâs 2 Jan 2025 update: I posted this a year ago. We are coming up on the agency’s Remembrance Day observations. We’re about to see humans return to the Moon. […]
Posted inActivism, Culture, News, Personnel News, Space & Planetary Science, TrumpSpace
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference DEI Issues Reappear
Keith’s note: Update on the next Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) sponsored by USRA’s LPI.
Posted inAstronauts, News, Personnel News
More Women Will Walk On The Moon And Mars
Keith’s note: Once upon a time NASA PAO would have talked about increasing diversity – in the Astronaut Corps – and elsewhere across the agency. Now — not so much.
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Prior Astronaut Announcement Censorship At NASA
Keith’s note: Back in January 2025 several days after the Trump 2.0 team took over NASA, I posted this item about the first astronaut class chosen by NASA that included […]
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Update On USRA/LPI/LPSC Diversity Censoring
Keith’s note: On 1 July 2025 Mark Sykes, Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, published an op ed titled âTaking Action Against Historical Censorship by USRAâ which I reprinted […]
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Editorial: Taking Action Against Historical Censorship by USRA
Keith’s note: This was written and originally posted here by Mark V. Sykes, Ph.D., J.D. Senior Scientist, Planetary Science Institute: “This statement is my opinion and does not reflect an […]
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LPI DEI Censorship Memo From USRA/LPI
Keith’s note: I just got this from USRA/LPI: “Dear Colleagues, We have heard from many of you and understand that there is significant concern among the planetary science community regarding […]
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Erasing NASA Diversity Abstracts Is Not That Easy
Keith’s note: The NASA DEI Erasure Squad has been busy. If you search for past LPSC abstracts on DEI, DEIA, diversity etc. youâll see that they have disappeared and prior […]
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DEI: Once Upon A Time
Keith’s note: According to this 2021 ENR article, Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro was firmly in the diversity-is-good camp back in the day. KSC Director Janet Petro Reflects on Diversity: […]