Keith’s 30 April note: At today’s meeting of MEPAG a NASA speaker said that that an outline or top-level aka “skinny” budget for FY 2026 might be released in the […]
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New NASA Performance Criteria Are Here
Keith’s note: This is being circulated at NASA regarding new performance evaluations to be done 4 time a year. Note that: “Faithful Support of Administration of the Law and the […]
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Group Letter To Congress Regarding FY2026 NASA budget
Keith’s note: the following letter was sent on 30 April 2025 to House and Senate leaders: “Dear Chairmen Moran and Rogers, and Ranking Members Van Hollen and Meng: We write […]
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Isaacman’s Nomination Headed For The Full Senate
Keith’s note: Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA Administrator was just reported favorably out of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (full committee) by a vote of 19 […]
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Senate Committee Vote On Jared Isaacman
Keith’s note: a full committee executive session of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will convene a full committee Executive Session on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 10:00 […]
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Goddard Town Hall Was Not A Happy Affair
Keith’s note: There was a Town Hall at Goddard on Monday. Multiple employees have reported that this event was tense. There were security guards posted in the back of the […]
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Astrobiologist Gets Prestigious Explorers Club Award
Keith’s note: as we resume lunar exploration and then head out to Mars and beyond in search of life, we will need a different mix of skills in the humans […]
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Erasing NASA Diversity Abstracts Is Not That Easy
Keith’s note: The NASA DEI Erasure Squad has been busy. If you search for past LPSC abstracts on DEI, DEIA, diversity etc. youâll see that they have disappeared and prior […]
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Happy Birthday Hubble Space Telescope! Time To Slash Your Budget.
Keith’s note: NASA and ESA are celebrating Hubble’s 35th birthday today. But the next 5 birthdays will be sad. According to space science community sources the pending budget from OMB […]
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NASA Is Terminating The GISS Lease In Five Weeks
Keith’s Update from additional sources: During an extensive independent review of GISS (and NSSTC) ending in December 2024 it was concluded that it would cost NASA (and GSA) much more […]