Keith’s note: NASA Headquarters has decided to postpone this event. This notice was sent out this morning. “The NASA Science Community Meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 12 has been postponed, […]
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Science Mission Directorate Budget Virtual Community Meeting: UPDATE: Postponed
11 June UDPATE: NASA Headquarters has decided to delay this event. This notice was sent out this morning. NASAâs Science Mission Directorate (SMD) will hold a virtual community meeting with […]
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Trumpâs Budget Would Gut NASA Science â Zurbuchen Breaks His Silence
Keith’s note: Thomas Zurbuchen was the longest serving Associate Administrator of the NASA Space Science Directorate. In this interview with Kristin Fisher, Zurbuchen warns that the proposed budget would send […]
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NASA Cuts Funding Support For Lunar, Planetary and Space Sciences Conference (Update)
Keith’s note: NASA SMD just issued this solicitation notice: in response to Request for Information: Conference on Lunar, Planetary and Space Sciences issued in November 2024: Decision Made Not to […]
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Letter from American Scientists Regarding NSF Advisory Committees Dissolution
Keith’s note: In April, the Administration abruptly dissolved 12 federal advisory committees tasked with guiding various NSF directories and programs. The committees comprised around 200 leaders in the sciences along […]
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De-Politicizing Science By Politicizing It
Keith’s note: As the Administration seeks to gut funding of all government science agencies, they have issued another word salad executive order – one that could have been expressed in […]
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Update On NASA Planetary Analysis and Assessment Groups
Keith’s note: NASA’s Planetary Science Analysis/Assessment Groups have issued a document dated 6 May 2025, titled “AGness”. According to the authors (which has been annotated to enhance clarity, original document […]
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Team Astrobiology At NASA Has Given Up
Keith’s note: Here we go again. With all the things being cut at NASA, you’d think that the NASA Astrobiology team would at least try and stand up and show […]
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Erasing Science From The National Science Foundation
Keith’s note: The current Administration’s erasure of science across various government agencies is being dialed up. NOAA has been hit. Now NSF is getting whacked. And you should know NASA […]
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NSF Director Resigns Over Budget and Staff Cuts
Keith’s note: according to NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy at Science: “Although Panchanathan, known as Panch, didnât give a reason for his sudden departure, […]