“After answering the question of how the space potty works, astronaut Mike Massimino now visits the Advanced Water Recovery Systems Development Facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Chemists have been […]
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Confusing Rationale To Keep Flying the Shuttle
Our economy needs a robust space program, editorial, Houston Chronicle “It would be prudent to keep the space shuttles flying with new missions to maintain a vital back-up contingency, until […]
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Help Pick Wakeup Songs For Shuttle Crews
NASA Asks Public For FInal Shuttle Missions’ Wakeup Songs “If you like music, the space program and are a little nostalgic, NASA has the perfect opportunity for you. For the […]
Posted inShuttle News
Fighting For Shuttles
Shuttle Diplomacy: Museums Launch Bids for Retiring Space Planes, WS Journal “The space shuttle fleet’s looming retirement ends an era–and launches a new space race. This one is on the […]
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What is the Space Shuttle's True Legacy?
Frank Sietzen, Jr: “As the final flights of the Space Shuttle draw near, already some of us are awash in nostalgia for the winged beast, not withstanding its ruinous cost. […]
Posted inPersonnel News
USA Lays Off Almost 1,400 People
For Space Shuttle Workers, The End Is Here, Discovery News “The company previously shed 743 positions under its shuttle processing contract during layoffs in October 2009 and this past June. […]
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STS-135 Is Almost A Certainty
Kosmas Successful in Fight for Additional Shuttle Mission “Today, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24), during a meeting of the House Science & Technology Committee, successfully amended the House NASA Reauthorization Bill […]
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KSC and JSC Really Want a Shuttle
Media alert: Florida, Texas trying end-run for space shuttle, National Aviation Heritage Alliance “Florida and Texas are trying to make an end run around NASA’s competitive process to decide where […]
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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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White House/ Senate Compromise Reaction
Senate Committee’s NASA Plan Cuts Moon Program, NY Times “The committee acceded on the cancellation of the Ares I rocket, which is part of the return-to-the-moon program known as Constellation, […]