Keith’s note: Let’s start with the loss of Columbia in 2003. O’Keefe talks Bush into completing ISS, then retiring Space Shuttle, then going back to the Moon by 2018 and […]
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Posted inBudget
Welcome To TrumpSpace (Its Really ObamaSpace)
NASA to Discuss FY2018 Budget Proposal, Provide Virtual Tours of Centers “NASA will hold a series of events Tuesday, May 23, highlighting the agency’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal, including […]
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Obama Is In Space Legacy Mode
Blue Planet/Red Planet Politics: Obama’s Giant Leap for Legacy, Scientific American “Yet whether Mars will truly be part of the president’s space legacy remains to be seen, says Marcia Smith, […]
Posted inCommercialization
Obama Takes A Space Policy Victory Lap
"You almost want to get in and take off, don't you?" @POTUS says. pic.twitter.com/DfAJOGyBWR — Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) October 13, 2016 Interplanetary Frontiers, OSTP: Harnessing the Possibilities of Science, Technology, […]
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President Obama Has Some Ideas About Mars
Barack Obama: America will take the giant leap to Mars, Barack Obama “This week, we’ll convene some of America’s leading scientists, engineers, innovators and students in Pittsburgh to dream up […]
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That Time Obama Killed A Return To The Moon
Here’s why a Clinton administration might pivot NASA back to the Moon, Ars Technica “Obama killed Constellation after convening a committee in 2009 that was led by Norm Augustine, which […]
Posted inEducation
Science Fair at the White House
President Obama to Host White House Science Fair “Today, President Obama will host the White House Science Fair and celebrate the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, […]
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Is Charlie Bolden's Shoe Pounding Moment Approaching? (Update)
Back to the Moon? Not any time soon, says Bolden, Space Politics “However, [Bolden] made it clear NASA has no plans to lead its own human return to the Moon […]
Posted inCommercialization
More Double Talk From Mike Griffin
Former NASA administrator Mike Griffin throws cold water on commercial space market, then offers solution, Huntsville Times “Griffin, a persistent critic of President Obama’s space program, said the current system […]
Posted inElection 2012
How Candidates Would Respond to an Angry E.T. Threat
Two-Thirds of Americans Think Barack Obama Is Better Suited to Handle an Alien Invasion Than Mitt Romney “In regards to national security, nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans think Barack Obama […]