Christopher Scolese Nominated to be the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office “Mr. Scolese currently serves as the Director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Previously, he served as the […]
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Huntsville's Last Stand?
NASA’s plan to build new rocket in tight budget times? “Run ’till apprehended”, Huntsville Times “How is NASA approaching the challenge of building a multibillion-rocket in the tightest Washington budget […]
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NASA SMD's Fancy Dinner Party (Updated)
Keith’s 1 July update: According to NASA SMD: this is what SMD paid for the reception: “Planetary Program costs: $37.5K, which included the NASM facility rental, rental for chairs/stage/tables/etc, a/v, […]
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Scolese: Webb Launch Could Slip to 2022-2024 (Updated)
Keith’s 19 May note: Industry sources report that Northrop Grumman will begin to layoff personnel working on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) next month for budgetary and scheduling reasons. […]
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MSL Needs More Money
NASA’s Overbudget Mars Rover in Need of Another Cash Infusion “NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission needs an $82 million cash infusion to maintain its late November launch date after […]
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Webb Problems at NASA: Rewarding Bad Management
NASA Administrator Bolden Statement On The Webb Telescope “However, I am disappointed we have not maintained the level of cost control we strive to achieve — something the American taxpayer […]
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Webb Fixes Need To Start On The 9th Floor
Keith’s note: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project started under NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Associate Administrator Ed Weiler. Virtually all of its chronic and unabated cost increases and […]
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Webb, The Giant Money Sponge
Telescope Is Behind Schedule and Over Budget, Panel Says, NY Times “The report raised fear that other projects would be hurt. “This is NASA’s Hurricane Katrina,” said Alan P. Boss, […]
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Webb Telescope: Too Big To Cancel?
NASA’s new space telescope costs shoot the moon, AP “We were missing a certain fraction of what was going on,” NASA associate administrator Chris Scolese said in a late Wednesday […]
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Center Directors No Longer Report to Scolese
Bolden Overhauls NASA Organization, Space News “NASA field center directors and mission directorate chiefs will report directly to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden under organizational changes Bolden announced Feb. 23 in […]