Keith’s note: Apparently the crew of the Blue Origin NS-31 suborbital flight had a great time today. I did live launch/landing coverage on Bloomberg radio/YouTube and then did an interview […]
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A Perfect Storm: Brutal NASA Science Cuts
Keith’s note: people have been talking about cuts to NASA – specifically science and most specifically Earth/Climate science for a while. It stems back too the overt anti-science statements and […]
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Real Time NASAWatch Quotes From Jared Isaacman’s Confirmation Hearing
Keith’s note: the following are the realtime social media quotes I posted on @NASAWatch regarding the salient points of today’s confirmation hearing for Jared Isaacman. And yes, he said that […]
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Congress Wants Answers: Unqualified DOGE Personnel Access To NASA IT
Keith’s note: According to this press release “Committee Leaders Demand Answers from NASA on DOGE Access After the Agency Refuses to Comply with Investigation“ specific instances of DOGE employees (who […]
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Jared Isaacman’s Confirmation Hearing
Keith’s note: according to NASA: “Jared Isaacman is set to participate in a hearing to become the next NASA administrator at 10 am EDT on Wednesday, April 9, before the […]
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Congress Asks NASA About Elon Musk (and Jared Isaacman)
Keith’s note: According to House Democrats probe Elon Musk’s conflicts of interest with NASA, Axios: “Rep Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) and Rep. Gery Connolly (D-Va.) sent a letter to Iris […]
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Musk vs Navarro Tariff Food Fight
Keith’s note: The whole internal Administration tariff spat touches NASA rather directly. First there is “Musk lashes out at architect of Trumpâs tariffs in first public comments about shock policy […]
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Denial At The Space Symposium
Keith’s note: For all of you Space Symposium fans who think we’re on the verge of a commerce golden age in space or that U.S. will #MakeSpaceGreatAgain and devote big […]
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DOGE Wants NOAA Data To Be Erased
Keith’s note: If they can delete climate and Earth Science data at NOAA they can do the same thing to science data at NASA. According to this release from House […]
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Janet Petro Wants Your Efficiency Ideas
Keith’s note: Amidst the ever present fear of being fired (without any real details), having budgets cut and missions cancelled, Janet Petro wants your ideas on how to improve NASA. […]