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Lamar Smith: When Does A Small Asteroid Become Dangerous?

Asteroid retrieval is costly and uninspiring, Lamar Smith Op-ed, The Hill “The proposed asteroid retrieval mission would contribute very little to planetary defense efforts. The size of the target asteroid for this mission is only 7-10 meters in diameter, too small to cause any damage to Earth. Any insight gained by such a mission would have little relevance to protecting against larger “city-killer” asteroids. Congress directed NASA in 2005 to […]

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  • July 11, 2013
Injecting Partisan Politics into Scientific Peer Review

Letter from Rep. Lamar Smith, Chairmain, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to NSF Director Cora Marrett “During the course of the hearing, I asked Dr. Holdren about taxpayer funding for social, behavioral and political science studies at the National Science Foundation (NSF), and how we can better prioritize research spending. During that discussion, Dr. Holdren said that there is “room for improvement” in how NSF prioritizes research initiatives […]

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  • April 30, 2013
Bolden's Response to Late JWST Instruments: That's News To Me

Keith’s note: When he was asked by Lamar Smith at House Science Committee hearing on NASA’s FY 2014 budget why two James Webb Space Telescope instruments were late, Charlie Bolden then tried to push that off as bad news reports. Bolden went on to say that he has been adamant that he takes full responsibility for the progress of Webb. Smith then read from the recent GAO report “NASA: Assessments […]

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  • April 24, 2013
Schism in House Science Committee Leadership Over SLS/MPCV

Mr. Rohrabacher’s Additional Views on the Science Space & Technology FY 2014 Budget “We continue to hear that the SLS/MPCV system will serve as a back-up for Earth-to-orbit transportation in the unlikely event that none of the other systems in development are successful. Last year’s request for this “back-up system” was more than 300% of the appropriated level of the primary system. By acting on this type of faulty logic, […]

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  • March 11, 2013
Lamar Smith Joins Frank Wolf's Witch Hunt

GOP Chairmen Go After Pete Worden, Aviation Week “The official in question, Ames Research Center Director Simon P. “Pete” Worden, vehemently denies he has been lax in protecting technology covered by International Trade in Armaments Regulations (ITAR), and says he has never been approached by federal law enforcement officials about the matter.” NASA ARC Centerwide Announcement: Ames and National Security “I have offered to talk to the news reporter, meet […]

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  • February 20, 2013
Rep. Wolf's China Witch Hunt Resumes (Update)

House Chairmen Say NASA May Have Released DOD Secrets To China, Aviation Week “According to sources at Ames and on Capitol Hill, the case involves Ames Center Director Simon P. “Pete” Worden and members of the center’s staff who are not U.S. citizens. … Among the charges mentioned in the congressional letters are allegations that the protected technology information has been disseminated in public conferences overseas “with Chinese and other […]

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  • February 12, 2013
IG Asked To Do Investigation on Political Bias Inside NASA

Rep. Lamar Smith Seeks Investigation on the Politicization of NASA “Congressman Lamar Smith, the vice-chair of the Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, today called for NASA’s inspector general to investigate the politicization of the agency. This stems from a NASA-internal report showing that Obama Administration political appointees “focus on Democratic political goals, not national goals,” creating a dysfunctional and hostile work environment for […]

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  • October 7, 2011