NASA Leadership Positions Agency for Future, 21 September 2021 “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Tuesday the agency is creating two new mission directorates that will best position the agency for […]
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Fortuna Audaces Juvat: If NASA Wants To Do Bold Things Then It Should Say So
Keithâs Note: NASAâs current slogan is âForward To The Moonâ. They say this because they do not want to say âBack To The Moonâ Isnât about time for NASA to […]
Posted inEducation
Will NASA Obey The Anti-Swag Executive Order?
Obama nixes federal swag, Politico “On Wednesday, Obama signed an executive order that will direct government agencies to, among other things, “stop using taxpayer dollars to buy swag.” What exactly […]
Posted inInternet Policies
NASA HEOMD Ignores White House Open.gov Policies
Keith’s note: I have posted questions for Beth Beck at HEOMD, sent email requests, and yet no one has responded. Based on previous dysfunctional interactions with HEOMD (SOMD and ESMD) […]
Posted inISS News
HEOMD Management Update
Keith’s note: Several months ago Assistant Associate Administrator for the International Space Station Mark Uhran had been telling people that he was going to leave NASA on or around 1 […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Doug Cooke's Farewell Note
NASA Internal Memo: Farewell Note from Doug Cooke “This is my last day at NASA and writing to you is one of my final acts here. In looking back on […]
Posted inExploration
Doug Cooke Retires From NASA
NASA’S Exploration Associate Administrator Doug Cooke To Retire “Doug Cooke, who worked for nearly 38 years in NASA’s space shuttle, International Space Station and exploration systems programs, will retire from […]
Posted inExploration
NASA's "Notional" Capability Driven Exploration
Keith’s note: SOMD AA Bill Gerstenmaier made a presentation to the 16 June Space Council meeting. The last slide (larger image) from his presentation (the rest of it is just […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA's Next Big Thing
NASA Announces Milestone For Future Human Spaceflight “NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 24, to discuss an agency decision that will define the […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
Orion: Trying To Get A Straight Answer
NASA commitment to Senate wishes questioned, Space.com/MSNBC “Nelson had no luck getting NASA officials to pin down the date by which the agency could begin testing Orion atop the core […]