White House, NASA to Discuss Asteroid Redirect Mission’s Importance for Journey to Mars, Planetary Defense “NASA will provide three virtual updates on two planned Asteroid Redirect Missions (ARM) Wednesday, Sept. […]
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One Ton of American Ingenuity on the Surface of Mars
Image: Mars Curiosity Front Hazcam on Sol 0 “This image was taken by Front Hazcam: Left A (FHAZ_LEFT_A) onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 0 (2012-08-06 06:23:34 UTC) . […]
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Holdren and Bolden Respond To Krauthammer
NASA Reaching for New Heightsm Charles Bolden and Dr. John P. Holdren: “In his gloomy Washington Post commentary today on yesterday’s ceremony transferring ownership of the Space Shuttle Discovery from […]
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Hearing on China, OSTP & NASA (Political Theater Synopsis)
Keith’s note: As you can see from this screen shot from the hearing’s webcast (shown only on NASA TV) as John Holdren and Charlie Bolden were testifying, that virtually no […]
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Hearing: Wolf Vs NASA/OSTP on China
Hearing: Efforts to Transfer America’s Leading Edge Science to China “Panel I – Rep. Frank Wolf – Thomas Armstrong, Managing Associate General Counsel, GAO – John Holdren, OSTP Director – […]
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NASA Scientific Integrity Response Under Fire
NASA Might Be Open to Boosting Whistleblower Protections, Wired “Under attack for leaving whistleblowers out to dry, NASA has tentatively signaled that it’s open to changing its policies. “We believe […]
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Jack Marburger
Statement by Director John P. Holdren on the Passing of Jack Marburger “It is with great sadness that I note the passing of Dr. John H. Marburger, III, former Director […]
Posted inPolicy
Two Views: Where Have We Been – Where Are We Going?
America’s space program is crashing, opinion, Mark Albrecht, Washington Times “The conventional wisdom in the federal bureaucracy is that you can reduce spending or you can restructure, reprioritize and reorganize. […]
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OSTP on NASA
AIP FYI Number 57: May 16, 2011 OSTP Director Testifies Before House Appropriators “NASA: When asked by Wolf why NASA’s FY 2012 budget request was flat, Holdren replied that the […]
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House Hearing On R&D Budgets For FY 2012
Hearing Charter: An Overview of the Administration’s Federal Research and Development Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 (NASA Excerpt) “The FY12 budget request for NASA is $18.7 billion, the same amount […]