Keith’s note: OK so I am ‘back’. Thanks for all the kind words, support etc. Let’s get down to business. The month of September is going to be the hardest […]
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Posted inArtemis, China, News, TrumpSpace
America Wants To Beat China And Help China Beat Us – In Space
Keith’s note: How do these things make sense in the same universe? First the White House cuts NASA’s FY 2026 budget and guts Artemis – thus undermining NASA’s ability to […]
Posted inMilitary Space, News, Personnel News, Policy, TrumpSpace
NASA Is Now Primarily An Intelligence / National Security Agency
Keith’s note: Oh yes, In addition to erasing NASA’s Union rights, this Executive Order says that NASA is “hereby determined to have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or […]
Posted inPersonnel News
No More Unions Allowed At NASA. Happy Labor Day.
Keith’s note: The White House has issued an Executive Order that strips the ability of NASA employees (and employees at other agencies) to organize unions.
Posted inActivism, News, Policy, TrumpSpace
Time For A Pause
Keithâs note: In my earlier rant I mentioned the crap that I have been going through which certainly pales in comparison to what NASA and contractor employees have to endure […]
Posted inBudget, Congress, News, TrumpSpace
Union Pushes Back On Goddard Visitor Center Closure
Keith’s note: according to a press release “GESTA Calls for Immediate Intervention to Halt Closure of the NASA Goddard Visitor Center”: “IFPTE Local 29 (aka, GESTA), representing Federal employees at […]
Posted inPersonnel News
You Can Leave NASA But NASA Never Leaves You
Keith’s note: the occupant’s last whiteboard message is a common sight across NASA. A wealth of expertise and dedication is being mindlessly forced out, undermining NASA’s leadership in space exploration. […]
Posted inActivism, News, TrumpSpace
They Are Throwing NASA Away
Keith’s note to NASA employees and contractor partners: If there is no FY 2026 budget by 30 Sep, a CR will be in place until there is. Yet major decisions […]
Posted inEarth Science, News, TrumpSpace
Sean Duffy Pushes NASA Earth Science Aside
Keith’s note: according to the Hill: “Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will âmove asideâ as it refocuses solely on space […]
Posted inArtemis, Commercialization, Congress, News, Policy, TrumpSpace
NASA’s Random Policy Process
Keith’s note: Last week two internal NASA directives dropped – except NASA has yet to officially release them: NASA Commercial LEO Space Stations Acquisition Strategy and Directive on Fission Surface […]