NASA Chief Bolden reorganizes his space agency (includes memo excerpts with other changes), Orlando Sentinel “As announced previously, the Office of Strategic Communications will be disbanded. … Office of Public […]
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Today's Space Policy Reactions
Vision Impaired, Paul Spudis, Air & Space “I have previously discussed what I perceive as the most significant problem with FP, namely, that it is activity without direction. The administration’s […]
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Mixed Messages From A Less Than Perfect Rollout
NASA Plan Faces Turbulence in House, WS Journal “NASA’s proposed budget “essentially decimates America’s human space-flight capacity,” said Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards of Maryland Rep, Ralph Hall of Texas, the […]
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Paradigm Shift Ahead for Human Space Flight
White House Decides to Outsource NASA Work, Wall Street Journal “The White House has decided to begin funding private companies to carry NASA astronauts into space, but the proposal faces […]
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NASA and the Summer of Innovation – Update
NASA Supports the President’s Educate to Innovate Campaign with Summer of Innovation to Bring Students the Universe, NASA (With video of President Obama’s speech) “NASA has launched an initiative to […]
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Details Of White House NASA Policy Continue to Dribble Out
Moon mission gets help in Congress, Houston Chronicle “Fearful that the White House might scale back manned space exploration, a bipartisan group of lawmakers slipped a provision into a massive […]
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Jumping The Gun
Report that Obama decided on space policy may be premature , Orlando Sentinel “A report by a respected science publication that said President Barack Obama has decided on a new […]
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Will White House Speak Soon About NASA?
Lawmakers try to prevent Obama from cutting NASA, Orlando Sentinel “Congress and the White House have signaled that they envision sharply different futures for NASA and its manned space mission. […]
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The Next Generation of Innovators
The Next Generation of Innovators, White House Blog “President Obama today helped launch a new campaign, “Educate to Innovate,” designed to energize and excite America’s students in science, technology, engineering […]
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SaveSpace.us Claims 500K Letters Sent to the White House
Keith’s note: In a video posted at SaveSpace.us Space Florida President Frank DiBello claims that he visited the White House 2 weeks and they asked “what they could do with […]