‘Smartest guy in the room’: Pentagon R&D chief under fire after controversial firings, Inside Defense “Key lawmakers are closely examining the behavior and decision-making of the Defense Department’s technology chief, […]
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Posted inExploration
A Short History Of 21st Century American Space Policy
Keith’s note: Let’s start with the loss of Columbia in 2003. O’Keefe talks Bush into completing ISS, then retiring Space Shuttle, then going back to the Moon by 2018 and […]
Posted inMilitary Space
Mike Griffin Is Not Done Screwing Things Up Yet
The Pentagon’s Technology Chief Is an Utter F*cking Fool, Daily Beast “Ignorance is nothing new to Michael Griffin. He used to administer NASA during the George W. Bush administration, where […]
Posted inExploration
Fortuna Audaces Juvat, @JimBridenstine
Keith’s note: During the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) era after the loss of Columbia NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe created an Exploration Directorate separate from the directorate that operated the […]
Posted inCongress
The Alabama Mafia Wants All Rocket Engines Built In Alabama Forever
Blue Origin’s new engine isn’t good enough for some congressmen, Ars Technica “At the end of February, two US representatives, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Mac Thornberry of Texas, decided […]
Posted inTransition
NASA Transition Update
Keith’s note: Sources report that Chris Shank is headed to DOD as part of their Beachhead team and is not staying at NASA or returning to Capitol Hill. Shank’s former […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
NASA Administrator Apprentice Update: Status Quo Candidates
Sen. Jeff Sessions Exerts Wide Influence Over Trump Space Plans, Wall Street Journal “One sign of the influence Mr. Sessions has with the president-elect is that job seekers actively seek […]
Posted inCulture
Ghosts of Former Administrators Past
Keith’s note: If you go to people.nasa.gov and look up former NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin you will see that he is still listed in the agency’s phone directory albeit […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
More False Memories About the Origin (and Cost) of SLS
Bush’s former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin says Obama’s Space Launch System ‘next essential step’: guest opinion, Huntsville Times “The SLS vehicle design materialized from an extensive, unbiased set of NASA […]
Posted inCommercialization
Solving The Russian Problem
Former NASA Boss: Russia Has US Space Program in ‘Hostage Situation’, ABC “We’re in a hostage situation,” former NASA administrator Michael Griffin told ABC News. “Russia can decide that no […]