Keith’s note: The following internal chart from NASA Goddard details some good news about diving catch efforts WRT budgets and cancellations to keep some things alive. Whether this actually comes […]
Science
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NASA Must Regain Its Mojo
Keith’s note: NASA’s budget is going to be slashed one way or another. Despite all the talk about making NASA more focused – or efficient – or “greater”, NASA science […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Zombie Viruses From Mars
Keith’s note: according to NBC “A large swath of the U.S. currently does not have the basic, ground-level immunity necessary to stop the spread of viruses that had once receded […]
Posted inActivism, Astrobiology, Astronomy, News, Space & Planetary Science, TrumpSpace
Who Speaks For Science?
Keith’s note: this web reel was just posted by CNN from the end of my interview this morning. OK, I have just about run out of ways / platforms to […]
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NASAWatch On CNN: Budget, Layoffs, Science, & Sean Duffy
Keith’s note: Moments ago I spoke with CNN about NASA’s budget, science, layoffs, competition with China and newly appointed “interim” NASA Administrator DOT Secretary Sean Duffy. [Audio]
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All Living Former NASA Science AAs Protest FY 2026 Budget Cuts
Keith’s note: the following letter was sent to congressional leaders and signed by every living former NASA Science Associate Administrator: “We are writing in opposition to the Administrationâs FY 2026 […]
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America’s Science Legacy Is Under Threat
Keith’s note: there is an interesting article online at the Washington Post: These scientific advances were âMade in the U.S.A.â Will they continue?: “All this knowledge can be labeled âMade […]
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Congressional Event: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants
Media advisory: On Tuesday, July 8, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Rayburn House Office Building Foyer (Rayburn Foyer) the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology â […]
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NASA’s Impending Data Diaspora
Keith’s note: with regard to commercial solutions to missions being canceled, data archiving etc. – Nice idea. But actually this is a disaster in the making. With the rush to […]
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OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science
Keith’s note: According to this memo: “As directed by President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14303, “Restoring Gold Standard Science” (May 23, 2025), this memorandum provides guidance to Federal departments and […]