Keith’s note: Last year NASA was going through a brutal downsizing effort. To make things worse the Administration’s budget request for FY 2026 would have imposed draconian cuts to NASA. […]
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Posted inHistory, News
NASAWatch Is 30
Keith’s note: NASAWatch turns 30 on 1 Apr 2026 (not a joke). It started as “NASA RIFWatch” on 1 Apr 1996 with this post “RIF at NASA In Summer 1997?”. […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Note To Readers
Keith’s note: (to no one and everyone in particular. You decide.) In case you haven’t noticed under this Administration people have been fired for the use of one word. Its […]
Posted inNews, TrumpSpace
NASAWatch Is On Pause
Keith’s note: I’m taking some advice from @astro_jaz – A few days off under very dark skies. NASAWatch will be on pause. FWIW the more you (we) space people argue […]
Posted inNews, Space & Planetary Science, TrumpSpace, Videos
NASAWatch on TV: Moon Crash and A Food Fight
Keith’s note: it looks like the iSpace HAKUTO-R lunar lander crashed on the Moon. telemetry was lost when it was going 180 km/hr a minute or so before planned touchdown. […]
Posted inCommercialization, News
Starship Flight 9
Keith’s 28 May Update: I just did an interview with Al Jazeera about the SpaceX Starship 9 flight Audio. Keith’s 27 May note: I just did live coverage of the […]
Posted inAdministrator Updates, News, Personnel News, TrumpSpace
NASA’s New Chief of Staff
Keith’s note: Looks like @NASA has a new Chief of Staff: Brian Hughes from Jacksonville, FL. LinkedIn profile – @BrianHughes47 and @BrianHughes
Posted inBudget, Congress, Culture, News, Poll, TrumpSpace
The Public Apparently Wants To Defund NASA
Keith’s note: according to “What government programs should be slashed? NASA nears top of list, poll finds“ in the Miami Herald: “In the latest Marquette Law School Poll, 63% of […]
Posted inMilitary Space, News, TrumpSpace
Back To The Future: SDI 2.0
Keith’s note: SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative aka “StarWars”) is back – but it is now called “Golden Dome”. It is equally sad, annoying – and weirdly fascinating – to watch […]
Posted inNews, Policy, Space & Planetary Science, TrumpSpace
De-Politicizing Science By Politicizing It
Keith’s note: As the Administration seeks to gut funding of all government science agencies, they have issued another word salad executive order – one that could have been expressed in […]