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Keith’s note: A year ago NASA and other government agencies were trying to broaden outreach to all Americans. NASA had a particular focus on reaching underserved communities. That has now […]
Diversity
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.
Posted inActivism, News, Personnel News, TrumpSpace, Workforce
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 […]
Posted inCulture, History, News, Personnel News
NASA Ignored Juneteenth This Year
Keith’s note: Up until last year NASA always made mention of Juneteenth and what it represents to NASA and to our nation. Not any more. Why is that Janet?
Posted inActivism, Internet Policies, NASA Culture, News, Personnel News, TrumpSpace, Workforce
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 […]
Posted inPersonnel News
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: […]
Posted inExploration
“First Woman” Is Now Available In Iceland
Keith’s note: On Saturday I posted a series of links about NASA’s decision to try and erase all mention of the two “First Woman” graphic novels it released several years […]
Posted inExploration
You Can Still Read NASA’s Deleted “First Woman” Graphic Novels (Update)
Keith’s 23 March update: within a few hours after this was posted (over a weekend) A NASA YouTube video and an official NASA photo of two female astronauts were pulled […]
Posted inAdministrator Updates, Astronauts, News, Personnel News, TrumpSpace
NASA’s Ever-Changing Artemis Crew Tagline
Keith’s note: there has been a swarm of stories of late about NASA abandoning the whole “first woman and first person of color” tag line that the Biden Administration used […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Opinion: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Are Important for the Workplace and Science
by Mark V. Sykes, Ph.D., J.D. – CEO and Director, Planetary Science Institute To the American Public and Government Officials: I would like to share a positive perspective of diversity, […]