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The Latest Nonsense Ed Weiler Would Have You Believe

Ed Weiler Says He Quit NASA Over Cuts to Mars Program, Science Insider “The Mars program is one of the crown jewels of NASA,” says Ed Weiler. “In what irrational, Homer Simpson world would we single it out for disproportionate cuts?” Weiler’s resignation in September caught the space science community by surprise. But he says it was the culmination of a soul-sapping and ultimately unsuccessful battle with the Office of […]

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  • February 9, 2012
Ed Weiler Thinks Obama's JWST Budget = "Road to Nowhere"

NASA: Extra money needed to launch JWST this decade, SpaceflightNow “Ed Weiler, NASA’s associate administrator for science, called the Obama administration’s flat budget for JWST a “road to nowhere.” “You’ll get to launch, but our grandchildren will have to use it,” Weiler said.” Keith’s note: It is not uncommon in situations such as this where a senior federal agency official publicy breaks with (and openly insults) Administration policy to announce […]

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  • July 18, 2011
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, music, lighting and rigging, delivery, taxes.” That’s $37,500 that could have been spent on science. Instead, Ed Weiler spends it on a party. Keith’s 30 June update: According to the AAS: “AAS handled the reception, the costs of which were […]

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  • July 1, 2011
SMD Warns Planetary Scientists About "Under Selection"

NASA SMD Memo: Status of Planetary’s Research and Analysis (R&A) Program “In order to maintain our fiscal responsibilities this situation demands that the Planetary Science Division Program Officers not over commit our R&A funds too early in the year. Therefore we will under-select in each of our R&A calls and put many more on notice that they are in the “selectable” range until it is clear what our final budget […]

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  • January 17, 2011
Ed Weiler Needs Your Help On (with) the NASA Advisory Council

Open Recruitment for Members of NASA SMD’s Advisory Subcommittees “NASA’s Science Mission Directorate solicits nominations of individuals who would serve on one of the following advisory subcommittees of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) .. Either self nominations or nominations of others are acceptable. The membership term will be for two to three years. Members will be required to attend meetings two to four times a year, either in person or […]

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  • December 7, 2010
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 deserves in all of our projects.” Keith’s note: “Disappointed”? That’s the depth of your response to this? There was just a rather significant election a few days ago – one wherein the current Administration’s approach to many things was repudiated. […]

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  • November 14, 2010
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 schedule slips have occured under Weiler’s watch either at NASA HQ or at NASA GSFC. When former SMD AA Alan Stern tried to bring the escalating costs of programs such as JWST and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) under control, in […]

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  • November 12, 2010
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, who leads the subcommittee that advises NASA’s astrophysics program. The telescope, he said, “will leave nothing but devastation in the astrophysics division budget.” James Webb Telescope Project Project Reviewed and Reorganized In Wake of Massive Cost Overruns, Popsci “JWST already […]

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  • November 12, 2010
House Wants To Kill CRuSR

Full Draft Text of House NASA Authorization Legislation Keith’s note: One thing that the House version of the NASA Authorization Act does is to cut further into proposed commercial activity – specifically, CRuSR (Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research). In this draft House Legislation, funding for CRuSR is cut in FY 2011 and FY 2012 from the President’s and Senate’s mark at $15M per year year down to just $1M per year, […]

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  • July 20, 2010