Keith’s note: In June OMB issued new regulations which, if implemented, would gut the way that American science has been evaluated and conducted for the better part of a century. […]
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House Dems Respond to OMB Draft Grant Guidance
Keith’s Note: according to a press release/letter “Today, Science Democrats submitted a public comment to the docket of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) proposed revisions to the Guidance […]
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Global Relations And Space Cooperation
Keith’s note: According to “At G-7, allies plan for a world less reliant on the U.S.“ in the Washington Post, “After years of tariff threats, diplomatic whiplash and public confrontations, […]
Posted inAdministrator Updates, Budget, Congress, News, Policy, TrumpSpace
Isaacman Letter To NASA On FY 2027 Budget
Keith’s note: The following note was sent to NASA employees by Jared Isaacman today: his take home quote: “I encourage the workforce to leave the politics for the politicians and […]
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A Long Overdue Paradigm Shift
Keith’s note: The path NASA was on included ISS and one, maybe two, LEO space stations requiring heavy subsidies – plus the mini-lunar space station Gateway. Funding was lacking for […]
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NASA Is Losing Its Climate Expertise
Keith’s note: Dr. Kate Marvel at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (gutted by NASA and DOGE) has left the agency. According to E&E News “Kate Marvel announced Tuesday that […]
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Some Thoughts On NASA’s New Workforce Directive
—- Keith’s note: I have annotated Jared Isaacman’s new directive “Workforce Directive: Restoring NASA’s Core Competencies“ with some of my thoughts. This directive does bear a certain similarity to a […]
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Presidential Executive Order: Ensuring American Space Superiority
Keith’s note: the White House just issued this Executive Order “Ensuring American Space Superiority”. Full text below.
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What Does Kim Think About Athena?
Keith’s note: There’s now a “Project Athena” to fix Artemis, Orion, and lots of Greek mythology things; a plan developed by someone; reimagined by someone else; leaked but never published; […]
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Stuck Inside The Space Bubble
Keith’s note: Speaking as a person bitten by a space bug at age 6 in 1961, nothing in this Planetary Society piece “A cosmic perspective worth fighting for“ is actually […]