Keith’s note: This is the current NASA Advisory Council. No one is under 50. Many are much older. Indeed, some are de-facto life appointees. And no one is a member of the Artemis Generation – yet NAC members evoke them anyway as a throwaway talking point. If this is where our future in space is to be born it will be dull and listless. We can do better. Much better.

Keith’s Note: There is a NASA Advisory Council Meeting (NAC) today and tomorrow. If you have nothing better to do and want to listen to a bunch of people put forth opinions and ideas that NASA simply ignores, then tune in: Oh yes: Why is there never anyone under 40 – or under 30 – on the NAC? With all this talk about Artemis Generation, education, STEM diversity etc. there is no one on the NAC representing the ACTUAL sector of society that is moving into NASA and the global space industry. is there anyone on the NAC STEM committee who is actually a member of the Artemis Generation? No. Meeting info

NASA Federal Advisory Committees; Notice of Committees Re- Establishment Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Federal Register “The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the re-establishment of four (4) NASA Federal advisory committees under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon NASA by law. This determination follows consultation […]

Annual Invitation for Public Nominations by U.S. Citizens for Service on NASA Federal Advisory Committees “NASA announces its annual invitation for public nominations for service on NASA Federal advisory committees. U.S. citizens may nominate individuals and also submit self- nominations for consideration as potential members of NASA’s Federal advisory committees. NASA’s Federal advisory committees have member vacancies from time to time throughout the year, and NASA will consider nominations and […]

NASA Response to NASA Advisory Council Recommendations from April 2013 (Includes PDF), NASA “Dear. Sr. Squyres: Enclosed are NASA’s responses to the nine recommendations from the NASA Advisory Council meeting held April 24-25, 2013, at NASA Headquarters. Please do not hesitate to contact me if the Council would like further background on the responses. I appreciate the Council’s thoughtful consideration leading to the recommendations and welcome its continued findings, recommendations, […]

NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Meeting 29-31 Jul 2013, NASA “The meeting will be open to the public up to the capacity of the room. This meeting is also available telephonically and by WebEx.” –Subcommittee Reports –Program Status –2013 Science Plan

Keith’s note: I had planned on listening in on the NASA Advisory Council’s Education and Public Outreach Subcommittee meeting today via Webex. But I changed my mind and decided that it would be a waste of time – time better spent on doing real work (and cleaning out my garage). I am not sure that what the NAC or any of its subcommittees does or says actually matters in any […]

NASA Federal Advisory Committees- Nominations and Self- Nominations “In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and in accordance with the Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies signed on December 17, 2010, signed by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President, NASA announces an invitation for the […]

NASA’s Invisible Advisory Council “This week the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) and its various committees are meeting. This body is federally chartered to formally advise NASA – yet the public knows little – if anything about what this committee does. By law the public is supposed to be informed of these meetings, allowed to attend, and offered means whereby they can present their views to the committee. By law, these […]