Senators Bill Nelson & Kay Bailey Hutchison: Blueprint shows way to next space frontier, OpEd, Orlando Sentinel “While NASA and America’s space program are in a time of transition, one […]
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Reality Check For Outer Space
Reality Bites: The 2010 National Space Policy, editorial, Space News “While the Augustine commission report upon which the Obama Administration heavily relied in making the decision to cancel Constellation described […]
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Space Policy Staff Changes at NSC
Obama Space Adviser Leaves White House, Space News “Peter Marquez, director of space policy for the White House National Security Council, stepped down Sept. 27 to pursue new opportunities. Marquez, […]
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Back to the Past
Back to the Past, editorial, NY Times “President Obama’s call for sweeping changes in the space program got mugged by lobbyists and pork-minded legislators. An authorization bill for NASA — […]
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State Department and Space Policy Implementation
State Department: Implementing the National Space Policy: Opportunities and Challenges “I would like to talk about four things today. First, I will briefly describe what we have been doing to […]
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Where Do We Go From Here?
As Space Priorities Shift, Orbiting Station Takes On a Central Role, NY Times “NASA’s Moon program, known as Constellation, has been hamstrung. Although pieces of it could survive in bills […]
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The Senate NASA Compromise: A Hinge of History?
Frank Sietzen Jr.: Last week, the Senate Commerce, Science and Space Committee marked up a draft of a proposed FY2011 Authorization bill for NASA. That bill maintains the Obama administration’s […]
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Former CAIB Members Support White House Space Policy
Letter from Former Columbia Accident Investigation Board Members Regarding Crew Safety “As former board members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), we agree with your view that assuring crew […]
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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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State Department: Oh Yea, That Space Policy We, Uh, Released
State Department Daily Press Briefing, NASA Excerpts, 6 July 2010 “QUESTION: Can you speak to why the NASA administrator was doing outreach to the Muslim community? There was an article […]