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The Antarctic Treaty And The Artemis Accords
The Antarctic Treaty And The Artemis Accords

Keith’s note: 56 Nations have signed the Antarctic Treaty and 33 have signed the Artemis Accords. Given more than a half century of global, peaceful collaboration in Antarctica we can now work toward a similar mode of cooperation in space – for everyone, everywhere. Alas, you’d think that on #AntarcticaDay that NASA OIIR or NASA PAO or someone at NASA HQ might stop to note the resonance between these two similar efforts. A worthy goal would be for NASA to seek to equal – and perhaps surpass – the size and extent of the successful Antarctic Treaty. But no. They just do photo ops at embassies.

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  • NASA Watch
  • December 1, 2023
Joe Biden's NASA Needs A Wake Up Call
Joe Biden's NASA Needs A Wake Up Call

Keith’s note: There are a variety of advisory bodies set up for the purpose of soliciting expert advice for how America should run its space activities. One entity, the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) is supposed to be the prime focus on such advice collection. Given the whole pandemic thing, it should be expected that things have fallen behind. But while NASA does everything else, it seems to be unable to […]

  • NASA Watch
  • August 24, 2021
NASA Tries To Fix A Webpage By Breaking It
NASA Tries To Fix A Webpage By Breaking It

Keith’s note: Another week – and another link check update for the NASA Office of International and Interagency Relations (OIIR) website and its chronic inability to do some basic HTML updates. It looks like someone tried to fix the “Helpful Links” page by deleting links and breaking other links. For starters, they do not seem to know where these links are: Executive Order for the National Space Council (here it […]

  • NASA Watch
  • August 18, 2021
NASA Is Still Sleepwalking When It Comes to Policy Transparency
NASA Is Still Sleepwalking When It Comes to Policy Transparency

OSTP: Clear Rules for Research Security and Researcher Responsibility “The Biden-Harris Administration holds a strong commitment to protecting research security and maintaining the core values behind America’s scientific leadership, including openness, transparency, honesty, equity, fair competition, objectivity, and democratic values. During its final week in office, the previous administration issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-33) to “strengthen protections of United States Government-supported R&D against foreign government interference and exploitation” […]

  • NASA Watch
  • August 11, 2021
Sleepwalking Through Space Policy At NASA Headquarters
Sleepwalking Through Space Policy At NASA Headquarters

NASA Federal Advisory Committees; Notice of Committees Re- Establishment Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Federal Register “The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the re-establishment of four (4) NASA Federal advisory committees under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon NASA by law. This determination follows consultation […]

  • NASA Watch
  • July 28, 2021