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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]