Impacts of Delays and Cost Overruns on Nation’s Weather Satellites “Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Chairman Paul Broun (R-GA) and Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD) held […]
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Suomi's Stunning View From Space
Image: Suomi NPP’s View of North America “Suomi NPP’s VIIRS instrument returned this hi-resolution full-disc image of the Earth from several passes made Jan. 4, 2012. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting […]
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NPOESS in Space (Finally)
NASA Launches Multi-Talented Earth-Observing Satellite PCAST Meeting Featured Bolden (2011), earlier post “Bolden also refered to NPOESS as “one of my nightmares” and that it is “also one of John […]
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Hearing on Polar Weather Satellites
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Committee Democrats See Some Progress on JPSS, Urge Stable Funding “The National Polar Orbiting Satellite System (NPOESS) was to be the United States’ […]
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The NPOESS "Headache" Just Got Worse
NASA OIG: NASA’s Management of the NPOESS Preparatory Project “NASA Inspector General Paul Martin today released a report that found NASA has incurred approximately $304 million in additional costs for […]
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Webb Fixes Need To Start On The 9th Floor
Keith’s note: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project started under NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Associate Administrator Ed Weiler. Virtually all of its chronic and unabated cost increases and […]