An Open Letter to NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Homer Hickam “It was for that reason, I guess, that I was so surprised at how you’ve treated a lot of […]
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Posted inShuttle News
Hesitation or Common Sense From Inside JSC?
NASA JSC Advanced Planning Office Blog: Pass the Baton or Short Track Speed Skater Push, NASA Blogs “Therefore for me it is not a question of how do we handoff […]
Posted inExploration
Taking Space Exploration Beyond Traditional Partnerships
NASA plans more outreach to Muslim countries, Orlando Sentinel “NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has asked him to “find ways to reach out to dominantly […]
Posted inElection 2008
Fact Checking on Campaign Promises
Obama’s budget reshapes the U.S. space agenda, PolitiFact.com “This change of plans clearly breaks Obama’s promise to “endorse the goal of sending human missions to the Moon by 2020, as […]
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Space Policy: Go Boldly
Some Thoughts on the NASA Vision, Jeff Volosin “I mean no disrespect – but – I am tired of listening to Dr. Spudis, Dr. Griffin and all of the other, […]
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The Future vs. the Past
NASA and Space – The Future vs. the Past, John K. Strickland “Under Admiral Craig Steidle starting early in 2004, the VSE was a forward looking program that was open […]
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Echoes of Apollo
Obama overhauls NASA’s agenda in budget request, Washington Post “Nearly half a century ago, President John F. Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon. Earlier this month, […]
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Where Next?
The New Space Race, Paul Spudis “Although it is not currently popular in this country to think about national interests and the competition of nations in space, others do not […]
Posted inBudget
Pre-Announcement Space Policy Reactions
Hopes for NASA’s moon mission fade, Washington Post “White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said Sunday, “The President is committed to a robust 21st century space program, and his budget will […]
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No ESAS-2 Needed
NASA to Review Human Spaceflight, NY Times “The expansive, multimonth technical study, still in the preliminary stages, might be similar to the Exploration Systems Architecture Study that in 2005 settled […]