NASA Stops Work on James Cameron’s Cameras for Mars Science Laboratory “Work has stopped on an alternative version of the instrument, with a pair of zoom-lens cameras, which would have […]
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MSL Needs More Money
NASA’s Overbudget Mars Rover in Need of Another Cash Infusion “NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission needs an $82 million cash infusion to maintain its late November launch date after […]
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Shuttle Launch Preps – No Money? No Problem.
NASA gives go-ahead for additional shuttle flight, AP “NASA doesn’t know yet where it will get the money, but on Thursday the space agency officially added another space shuttle launch […]
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Live Webcast On Mars and Seeking Life (update)
NASA Mars Program Update From “Follow the Water” to “Seeking Signs of Life” “The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, DC and NASA’s Planetary Science Division welcomes you […]
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Webb Fixes Need To Start On The 9th Floor
Keith’s note: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project started under NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Associate Administrator Ed Weiler. Virtually all of its chronic and unabated cost increases and […]
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Webb, The Giant Money Sponge
Telescope Is Behind Schedule and Over Budget, Panel Says, NY Times “The report raised fear that other projects would be hurt. “This is NASA’s Hurricane Katrina,” said Alan P. Boss, […]
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MSL Readiness to Proceed Review Underway
Keith’s note: The Mars Science Laboratory Readiness to Proceed Review is underway and will last from 18-20 November. “OBJECTIVES: The review board reviews the projects current technical and programmatic status […]