Frank Sietzen, Jr.: Seemingly lost among the noise following last week’s actions of the House Commerce and Science Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee on marking up a NASA budget […]
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Obama and Glenn Meet To Talk Space
Obama to meet with John Glenn today, Orlando Sentinel “President Barack Obama plans to meet with former astronaut and senator John Glenn this afternoon to discuss the administration’s new plan […]
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UDPATE: Obama DID NOT "Charge" Bolden To Do Muslim Country Outreach
White House denies NASA remark on Muslim outreach, AP “The White House is contradicting the NASA administrator’s claim that President Barack Obama assigned him to reach out to Muslims on […]
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Senate Rejects Obama's Space Plan
NASA budget fight – Is Utah emerging as rival to KSC?, Orlando Sentinel “The Senate subcommittee charged with NASA oversight will present a $19 billion bill this week that kills […]
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Vitter Dumps On Obama Plan (Again)
Vitter Rips Obama Space Plan At Tank Ceremony, Florida Today “U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana opened this morning’s ceremony celebrating the delivery of NASA’s last shuttle external tank by […]
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Obama Space Plan Under Continuous Assault
At Companies Tied to NASA, Casualties of a Changing Mission, NY Times “The administration wants to turn to commercial companies for taking future astronauts to orbit while taking a hiatus […]
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The Smell of Election Year Politics
Playing politics: President’s NASA policy could haunt his party at the polls in Harris County, Editorial, Houston Chronicle “A parade of administration officials, starting with the president, has gone to […]
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Plan C For Outer Space
Something Old, Something New, and If We do it Right, Maybe Even Something Bold! , Dennis Wingo “As a long time space advocate, I have found recent events to be […]
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Unlikely Alliances Against Obama Space Policy
NASA’s mission to nowhere: Big, fat, pointless and expensive describes plan to twiddle our fingers, Paul Spudis and Bob Zubrin, Washington Times “Although we are known for holding different opinions […]
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A Gathering Storm Of Opposition Mounts
NASA’s vision gets another battering, MSNBC “By now you probably have figured out that this committee is not with you,” Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., told Bolden. The administrator said he […]