Keith’s note: The recent firing of the entire National Science Board by the White House is not going down well in Congress. While the immediate impact is on NSF this […]
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Posted inEarth Science, News, Space & Planetary Science, TrumpSpace
UCAR Files Lawsuit Against NSF, NOAA, OMB
Keith’s note: According to a statement “[University Corporation for Atmospheric Research] UCAR today filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado against the U.S. […]
Posted inBudget, Congress, News
Maryland Senator’s Take On Space Budget
Keith’s note: this is an excerpted version of a statement by Sen. Van Hollen (D-MD) on the Senate Passage of Commerce, Justice, Science, & Related Agencies FY 2026 Appropriations Bill […]
Posted inAstrobiology, Exploration, News
Ignore The Org Charts: Let’s Get Back To Actual Exploration
Keith’s note: I was planning on retiring and writing my book on Astrobiology expeditions to other worlds. Then Trump 2.0 happened and everyone suddenly wanted NASAWatch back. That said, I […]
Posted inCommercialization, News
NOAA Office of Space Commerce Seeks Input On Traffic Management System for Space (TraCSS) Program
Keith’s note: NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce (OSC) just issued a Request for Information, seeking additional input from commercial Space Situational Awareness providers and users about its currently planned scope […]
Posted inBiden Space
That NASA/FEMA/NOAA Climate Thing You Are Not Hearing About (Update)
Keith’s 4:12 pm EDT update: I just got the press release by email. It was sent out at 3:47 pm EDT. The Washington Post had an article posted at 12:21 […]
Posted inEarth Science
Trump Fires Head Of U.S. Global Change Research Program
Trump administration removes head of Federal climate program that oversees key reports, Washington Post “[Michael Kuperberg’s removal] seems quite consistent with decisions at NOAA and elsewhere,” said Kathy Jacobs, director […]
Posted inEarth Science
The Politicization Of Climate Science At NOAA Is Underway
Trump White House recruited climate science critics to work at NOAA, Science “At least three prominent researchers who question the severity of climate change rebuffed the opportunity to take a […]
Posted inEarth Science
Rewriting Weather History With A Sharpie (Update)
Statement from NOAA “From Wednesday, August 28, through Monday, September 2, the information provided by NOAA and the National Hurricane Center to President Trump and the wider public demonstrated that […]
Posted inEarth Science
Decadal Plan For Space-Based Earth Observation Released
Reducing Climate Uncertainty, Improving Weather Forecasts, and Understanding Sea-Level Rise Are Among Top Science Priorities for Space-Based Earth Observation Over Next Decade, National Academy of Sciences “NASA, the National Oceanic […]