AIP FYI: Eighteen Former NSF Assistant Directors Criticize House Science Committee Bill and Inquiry “The draft bill mandates a certification process for NSF awards that frankly requires the Director to […]
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Hearing: Exoplanet Discoveries: Have We Found Other Earths?
Hearing charter “The purpose of the hearing is to review the recent discovery of three super-Earth sized planets by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Kepler space telescope. The […]
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Injecting Partisan Politics into Scientific Peer Review
Letter from Rep. Lamar Smith, Chairmain, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to NSF Director Cora Marrett “During the course of the hearing, I asked Dr. Holdren about taxpayer […]
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Bob Wharton
President of South Dakota School of Mines dies, PRapid City Journal “Wharton served as executive officer for the National Science Foundation’s office of polar programs, participating in 11 expeditions to […]
Posted inAstronomy
NSF Wants To Get Rid of Multiple Major Telescopes
NSF’s Division of Astronomical Sciences Portfolio Review Committee Submits Report, NSF “In 2011 NSF’s Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST) commenced a Portfolio Review process in order to review the entire […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Second Decadal Survey in Solar and Space Physics
New National Research Council Report Presents Research Program for Solar and Space Physics Over the Next Decade “A new report from the National Research Council presents a prioritized program of […]
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Antarctic Researchers Cite Benefits of Repurposing Express-AM4
Second Life for Failed Russian Satellite?, Science Magazine “Sixteen hours of continuous broadband coverage would certainly be a big boost, particularly for scientists working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, […]
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Express-AM4: Repurposing Space Assets For Exploration
Can We Repurpose Space Assets?, Paul Spudis, Air & Space “An attempt to repurpose this satellite hardware appears to be a win-win for everybody. The National Science Foundation gets a […]
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AAS Memo "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
AAS Members Decadal Priorities and Fiscal Realities Informational Email 2011-10 “NASA and NSF receive input from many formal agency, interagency, and National Academies advisory committees about how to allocate their […]
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House Hearing On R&D Budgets For FY 2012
Hearing Charter: An Overview of the Administration’s Federal Research and Development Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 (NASA Excerpt) “The FY12 budget request for NASA is $18.7 billion, the same amount […]